h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Of rivers unseen - A3581624
Author: Flameofgold - U645857

A walk by the river.

Why have you resubmitted this? It already was in the AWW!

Kat

That is an amazing story. If we all knew people like that old man this world would be a much easier place to handle.

Is it a true story, or fiction?

either way its touching.

The only improvement I feel I should suggest is at the beginning. It seems like the man just says 'Hello' and suddenly reels off his entire life story in a narrator style fashion, like its a set piece he tells to everyone he meets. Maybe you should write in a 'we chatted for a bit then he started telling me about his life' type bit, unless he really did just launch into it like that, in which case you must have had 'what a pshyco' type feelings, and you could tell us about your surprise and concern.

It is rare that I find an article that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but you managed it.

well done.

The name Flameofgold has become synonymous with quality within the confines of the AWW, but this latest offering is something special. In this enlightening story, we are treated to the finding of truth and the understanding of wisdom, all this in an unlikely place and from a seemingly unlikely source.

Sight and seeing are not always the same, and the author has captured the meaning of this in the form of a blind man, who's inner vision runs as deep and true as the river itself. How often the old, with a lifetime of discovery behind them, have boiled down these vexing problems. And how often have we but to listen to gain from such hard earned knowledge.

Flame has managed to capture that very essence in this most poignent tale, and we the readers are the richer for it. Thank you once again, for bringing such as this to life. You are a wise soul in your own right.

Spynxxx