RANDOM REMINDER
ACCOUCHEMENT, GEOMETRIQUE
Three Indian braves were expectant fathers. If they were not familiar with the term accouche-
a hippopotamus. Each brought the skin of his prey back, because that was why they went out to get them.
ment, they knew they had a duty to perform. One went out into the wilds and shot a seal. The second set off and shot a reindeer. The third went as far as Africa, and shot
In the fullness of time, the three wives produced their young, without the encouragement of family benefit. The one who had the seal-skin rug had a son. The one who had a reindeer rug also had a
son. But—wait for it—the one who had the hippopotamus skin rug had not one, but two sons, or twins, as the Indians call them. The point of recording these obstetric or gynaecological phenomena is to show that the sons of the squaw on the hippopotamus are equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31409, 30 June 1967, Page 20
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