ABSTRACT
I also realized that the kabouter had been pointing out to me the importance of deep listening. The strangeness of his question had made me listen as I'd never done before, not only with my ears but also with my entire being—eyes, skin, bones, and heart. It could have been the kabouter's way to encourage me to be more sensitive, more intuitive. But could he also have been pointing out that careless talk would lead to trouble, that in trying to solve the riddle of the sound of one hand I might have been a blabbermouth.
