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mglgilly”, the Captain replied, “What about something is half right, or almdst correct? There are differing as to which something can be wrong and what needs to ne is for us to define them. There are many uses for ; answers ...”
this point, Billy could not help but interrupt. “Besides , bird cages, Captain?” he asked.- But the Captain was mood to be toyed with and admonished Billy — “Don’t art. I’m» the mentor here, not you. Remember, I’ve a trawler Captain for over thirty years and a T.V. star any more. You’ll have to study a lot more if you want to wits with me.”
st trying to be helpful, Captain, exclaimed the tot, -_ to hide his smirk, “Sorry I said anything.”
- wizened old salt ran a cold eye over Billy, a look that, om having its intended effect, sent Billy into an inner glee. Billy like to get the old boy mad. He hoped that ay the captain would get so angry he’d take a heart and die, leaving Billy with the rights to the monumental iner fish processing industry, but,he knew this would happen. All those 'years of eating nothing but fish had left the Captain’s arteries as clean as can be. At
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ntent that Billy was again attentive, he continued, ’re forgiven, Billy, my boy. Now, can you think of a tion for an exactly wrong answer?”
y sighed and took a guess — “That which is the opposite right one?”, he said.
rong! Exactly wrong is not always the opposite. Oh, is with an answer like ‘white’ or yes and no answers, but about an answer like ‘A cheeseburger’, or ‘Tuesday’?” r ‘blue’ or ‘yellow’?”, interjected Billy.
‘ 0 Billy, most people don’t know it but every color has osite, Billy. You can look on a colour wheel and find the ite of blue or yellow or green. It’s the colour that turns iginal black when you mix it with the first.”
ee, Captain, is that true? I wasn’t aware of that aspect, - light spectrum. 1 always thought of colours as differing ional frequency relationships of electromagnetic radiation. , you know so muchfl“ ell me more, Skipper.” A e Cantain leaned back and stroked his white captain’s , not sure if Billy was' ribbing him again. He decided to a night. “Not tonight, little Billy. We’ll pick this up rrow. It’s late now, past your bedtime, and 'I,have yet d to the light.” ,
w gee Captain, can’t we discuss this a little longer? At ntil the trawlers go by outside?”, said Billy, actually hat is was over and that he could escape to his room, is such an interesting and undeveloped field. I would like to pursue it further.” But as. he knew, Captain iner wanted his gin and refused, so Billy toddled off, him a practiced lookbf dismay.
oodnight, Billy”, the Captain called after him, “We his up'in the‘morning'" and waited until little Billy had is door before going up to'the tower where his still and ophy booksrwaited, g \ \ - ' ‘ ,. was not the Captain’s favourite person. He knew the as just playing along and didn’t have a speck of interest h philosophical matters. Yet he felt a sense of duty to he tot these important matters.
r”, he thought, “The boy will learn soon enough not to ith Captain Highliner.” And with that he went up the to his ‘Thought Room’. v
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