The Zoo Fence To jump to our Text Only home page, To jump to our home page, Walking The Path with Brother Theophyle Here is the text version of this cartoon. For the graphics version, Take A Breath Brother Theophyle is seated on the floor. His face is red, his eyes are bulging, his mouth is shut tight. He has the look of a person in extremis. Beside him, also on the floor, is a stack of several books. Rabbit says to him, “Great honk, Theo, you look awful! What are you doing?” Overhead there is a blue jay, who announces, “Everyone, come quickly! Theo is about to burst.” On the floor is a white-throated sparrow who says, “Someone call 911”. In the next panel, Theophyle is standing. He replies to Rabbit, “I have been reading in ancient yoga texts that a pre-determined number of breaths is allocated to each of us at birth, and when we have used them up, we die. So, of course, I am taking as few breaths a day as possible”. At that, the blue jay and the sparrow fly off. The blue jay is counting breaths, “OK, let's see, in-breath: 1-2-3-4, out-breath: 5-6-7-8, hold: 9-10-11-12, in-breath: 1-2 ...”, while the sparrow asks himself, “I wonder if I know how to hold my breath?” Rabbit is silent, but his face suggests amused disbelief. On the floor are three books titled “Ancient Yoga Texts”. |