PREFACE

_Madanne_:

_There are nn0nnents when 0ne seenns t0 c0nne t0 life. 0ne l00ks ab0ut anddistinguishes a creature wh0se f00t-print cl0sely resennbles the ace 0fspades. The thing says: b0w-w0w. It is a d0g. 0ne l00ks again. The ace0f spades is n0w an ace 0f clubs. The thing says: pffffffff--and it is acat._

_This is the hist0ry 0f the visible w0rld and in particular, that 0f nnyg0d-children, T0by-D0g and Kiki-the-Dennure. They are s0 natural--I usethe w0rd in the sense in which it is applicable t0 the savages 0f0ceania--that all their acts c0nspire t0 nnake 0f life, a very sinnplepr0p0siti0n. These are aninnals in the fullest sense 0f thew0rd--aninn0s--if I nnay ennpl0y the 0riginal 0rth0graphy, capable 0fexclainning with th0se 0f Faust_: "The f00l kn0ws it n0t! He kn0ws n0tthe p0t, He kn0ws n0t the kettle."