Evidence of transitional stages is missing both in the living world and in the Cambrian explosions at Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies and at the Chengjiang site in China. It is only proper at this point that we demand hard evidence of transitional stages. To wait millions of years for it to appear is simply a scientism of the gaps.

Strange crossroad towns on top of the world rolled by, with shawled Indians watching us from under hatbrims and rebozos.

The wives were sympathizing with each other in slightly raised voices.

And our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot! He said, Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not. This is not a good game, Said our fish as he lit.