The Conclusion

I sat on a tree stump in the forest. A deer came up to me.

I said to the deer that I wished I could live in the peace and quiet of the woods.

The deer said, “I long for the excitement of city living. “

I said that constant excitement leads to exhaustion.

The deer said, “Endless sublimity leads to dullness of the mind and eventually the spirit.” 

I said that it seems that nothing in the universe is essentially fulfilling.

The deer said, “What’s the point in living?”

Suddenly a grizzly bear came out from behind the trees, running and roaring, with claws in the air.

The deer and I looked at each other and ran.