Later—or was it actually before?—I told Annie the story of the roaming prince and the smart man. But I played a trick on her—I changed the prince into a princess. She really liked that story, perhaps because it was so short. After the story I played that game with her. The game was also very short; it ended almost before it began.
“I remember I left home, but I can’t recall where I went,” said the princess.
“I don’t want to know where you went, I just want to know what you learned,” exclaimed the smart man.
“I remember I learned how to forget, but I don’t remember what I forgot,” said Annie.
“I don’t want to know what you forgot,” I said, “I want to know how you forgot.”
