Walking stick

Then if I asked you to swap a letter in mine to give you a word for a horse's hair, the answer would be mane, M-A-N-E. You'd swap the I for an A.

And finally, if I ask you to change a letter in mane to get a walking stick, you would change the M at the start to a C to give you cane, C-A-N-E.

So the swaps there are mint, mine, mane, cane.

Does that make sense to everyone?

Yes, I got all of them.

Ordinary objects are most valuable when they help you solve the problem without needing to stay in the problem.

Chapter Ten: Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and Everyday Reach.

Length changes a confrontation.

An ordinary umbrella, cane, walking stick, trekking pole, broom, or similar object can create a boundary farther away from your body than your hands can.

Yeah

... as we get into The Walking Cane.

Ooh.

[laughs]

[laughs] This story is titled The Walking Cane.

That doesn't sound too ominous.

It's better than Lady in the Mirror.

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The Friend of Man When swords went out of fashion, walking sticks, I suppose, came into fashion.

The present custom has its advantages.

Even in his busiest day the hero's sword must have returned at times to its scabbard, and what would he do then with nothing in his right hand? But our walking sticks have no scabbards.

We grasp them always, ready at any moment to summon a cab, to point out a view, or to dig an enemy in the stomach.

Meanwhile we flash the air in defiance of the world.

This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

The Friend of Man When swords went out of fashion, walking sticks, I suppose, came into fashion.

The present custom has its advantages.

Even in his busiest day, the hero's sword must have returned at times to its scabbard, and what would he do then with nothing in his right hand? But our walking sticks have no scabbards.

We grasp them always, ready at any moment to summon a cab, to point out a view, or to dig an enemy in the stomach.

Meanwhile, we slash the air in defiance of the world.