Raymond
Queneau, A Story as You Like It
Well then, let's see! cried
his brothers. Your irony doesn't please me a bit, replied the other,
and you'll not learn a thing. Moreover, during this rather sharp
conversation, hasn't your sense of horror been blurred, or even
erased? What use then to stir up the mire of your papilionaceous
unconscious? Let's rather go wash ourselves in the fountain and greet
this gay morning in hygiene and saintly euphoria! No sooner said
than done: they slip out of their pod, let themselves roll gently to
the ground, and trot joyously to the theatre of their ablutions.