gardner memory

[Crowell,Sean [CIS]]

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>It may've been a parable of reading and writing, but I heard long ago,
>that was an Eskimo trick used to hunt wolves. The blades were frozen in
>the ground or in ice, and then soaked with blood and meat scraps. The
>wolf will not feel the razor very well, if it is shapened finely enough,
>he'll also be licking over ice, and the fact that the cut is in his
>mouth will make it almost impossible to heal, and the hunter will just
>follow him until he's weakened enough to be safely taken.
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>I too, would be interested in this story of Gardner's if it's ever been
>published.
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	Yes, it's a bit of "ancient Eskimo wisdom" as Zappa would
say...If you want to see the knife in the ice tale fictionalized
check out Mordechai Richler's "Solomon Gursky Was Here"...
a worthy read in any case...

>						Sean
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