tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-12758520747699666572008-05-21T10:07:00.000-07:002008-05-21T13:06:10.454-07:00Giraffes and Egyptians and seeing the futureThe Egyptians used a hieroglyph that appears to the innocent eye as a giraffe, but to the learned Egyptian the image reads "foresee" or "predict." Yet I think it was innocent eyes that recognized that indeed, the long-necked creature could see into the future, for in the tall-grass savanna the human ambles along blindly toward a pride of lions, and it is the giraffe that watches the scene and if asked, could foretell the future of that present-sighted human.Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com