My Book and Heart Shall Never Part

"Froggy went a'courting, he did ride, uh huh. Froggy went a'courting, he did ride, uh huh. Froggy went a'courting, he did ride, sword and pistol by his side. Froggy went a'courting, he did ride, uh huh. He said, "Miss Mousey, would you marry me, uh huh?" He said, "Miss Mousey, would you marry me, uh huh?" He said, "Miss Mousey, would you marry me,..."

Yeah, i can't really remember the rest. but my dad used to sing that to me all the time when i was little.

any way, i was kind of surprised by how many of those stories i knew. but my parents did a lot of story telling to me so i really shouldn't be surprised.

now, the nature/theology thing. adam fell from eden because he ate the fuit from the tree of knowledge and learned things. so therefore, to me, it goes to say that humans can know and learn anything and everything about and from nature but, because we know so many of those things, we cannot be a part of nature any more. we cannot simply connect with nature the way the animals do. although i have to say that domesticated animals have difficulty being within nature as well, not to mention returning to it. like technology they have felt the touch of man and have learned from us. whether it be just stupid pet tricks, or forms of interspecies communication doesn't really matter. they are animals but no longer a true part of nature. there is also the idea of the half breed, such as half wolf half dog, too close to nature and too close to man. there are special licences( i think) you have to have in order to own a half wolf. mustang horses are an idea in the opposite, of going back to nature. they used to be tame centuries ago(and some still today) brought here from spain and let loose, they went back to nature. but they can be caught and tamed. maybe its a nature/nuture idea. actually, it probably is. but still, you don's see many tame crocodiles or hippos. you don't see many tame wolves or polar bears, or deer or elk, and especially tame antelope. i suppose it might also come downto the strength of the instinct of the animal. man has spent millenia tameing the domesticated dog, the cat has from around ancient egypt, so about 3-5,000 years i think.

hmmm... i seem to have gone off somewhere. but i think i got the idea out. yell at me if i don't