The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

           

           ForJonnyBrockandClareGorst

           andallotherArlingtonians

           fortea,sympathy,andasofa

           FaroutintheunchartedbackwatersoftheunfashionableendofthewesternspiralarmoftheGalaxyliesasmallunregardedyellowsun.

           Orbitingthisatadistanceofroughlyninety-twomillionmilesisanutterlyinsignificantlittlebluegreenplanetwhoseape-descendedlifeformsaresoamazinglyprimitivethattheystillthinkdigitalwatchesareaprettyneatidea.

           Thisplanethas—orratherhad—aproblem,whichwasthis:mostofthepeopleonitwereunhappyforprettymuchofthetime.Manysolutionsweresuggestedforthisproblem,butmostofthesewerelargelyconcernedwiththemovementsofsmallgreenpiecesofpaper,whichisoddbecauseonthewholeitwasn’tthesmallgreenpiecesofpaperthatwereunhappy.

           Andsotheproblemremained;lotsofthepeopleweremean,andmostofthemweremiserable,eventheoneswithdigitalwatches.

           Manywereincreasinglyoftheopinionthatthey’dallmadeabigmistakeincomingdownfromthetreesinthefirstplace.Andsomesaidthateventhetreeshadbeenabadmove,andthatnooneshouldeverhavelefttheoceans.

           Andthen,oneThursday,nearlytwothousandyearsafteronemanhadbeennailedtoatreeforsayinghowgreatitwouldbetobenicetopeopleforachange,onegirlsittingonherowninasmallcaféinRickmansworthsuddenlyrealizedwhatitwasthathadbeengoingwrongallthistime,andshefinallyknewhowtheworldcouldbemadeagoodandhappyplace.Thistimeitwasright,itwouldwork,andnoonewouldhavetogetnailedtoanything.

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