Illustration by Gustave Doré.
Dear Reader,
I hope you know that I want the best for you; I hope you know that I care that you see long and far and for ever, because I want to see that way too.
It might be that you find that seeing so far leaves you wondering what you have done. It's not a problem, that was then, it is always a mulligan, a do-over. So do-over endlessly; there is no penalty.
Here is an essay saying a lot of things that I think are the best; that I think you should know, the better to see long and far and for ever.
And now, let's go again to Grandmother's house, and see what can be done with the Wolf and The Woodcutter. We can whistle this tune, while we walk.
