Note 12 — STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS

Now he (the on-looker) went down to the net. He counted its meshes.12 There were seventeen (ten and seven), and he repeated the number: “Fifteen and two.” Then he started away. “Fifteen and two,” he said. He kept falling down; so he went back and counted them again each time and started off anew. “Fifteen and two,” he said. Then he fell down and went back again. Again he counted them, and he started off. He fell down. Then he forgot. That is why, when one goes along over ground with which he is not familiar, he always falls there.