The two thumbs set off again on an epic trans-continental journey. For almost the entire flight, as they whizzed through the sky, the two thumbs twirled and whirled in coordination, paddling their way across the heavens.
As they reached their destination, they took pride not only in their intrepid coordination, but also in the fact that they had carried and delivered the massive body to which they were attached.
As they reveled in their triumph, the brain intruded. They did not deliver this body across the globe; in fact, as mere appendages (to larger appendages of even larger appendages at that), these two thumbs had been carried by the body, not, as they had assumed, the other way around.
The two thumbs listened to the brain in stunned silence -- how else? they could not talk -- but they did not comprehend its message. Instead, they continued in their reverie and twirled and whirled together with glee.
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