Chapter 1

以是從當時起，我挑選了彆的一個職業，我學會了開飛機。我幾近飛遍了天下的每個角落。的確，地理學對我非常有效。飛過天下各地的我一眼就能辯白出中國和亞利桑那州。如果夜裡丟失了航向，如許的知識是很有代價的。

小時候，當時我還隻要6歲，看到一本描述原始叢林壯觀氣象的書，名叫《實在的故事》。書裡有一幅很出色的插畫，畫的是一條大蟒蛇正在吞食一隻植物，上麵就是那幅插畫的覆成品。

此次大人們做出的反應是：他們建議我把這些畫著看起來彷彿敞開肚皮的蟒蛇的丹青放在一邊，然後把精力放在地理、汗青、計算和語法上。這就是為甚麼，在我六歲時，我放棄了成為一名職業畫家的斑斕胡想。第一號、第二號作品的不勝利，令我非常懊喪。這些大人們本身甚麼都不懂，還需求孩子們不竭地、不竭地解釋給他們聽，這真是令人感到膩煩。

But they answered: "Frighten Why should any one be frightened by a hat"My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two looked like this:

So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been v