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Article: What are you listening for? What do you hear?(Neighbor)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2000
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A Native American was in downtown New York, walking with his friend, who lived in New York City. Suddenly he said, "I hear a cricket." "Oh you're crazy," his friend replied. "It's the noon hour. There are people bustling around, cars honking, taxis squealing, noises from the city. I m sure you cannot hear a cricket." "I'm sure I do," said the Native American. He listened attentively and then walked to the corner, looking all around. Finally on the corner he found a shrub in a large cement planter. He dug beneath the leaves and there he found a cricket!
His friend was astonished. But the Cherokee said, "My ears are no different than yours. It simply depends on ...