Inside the Square Mile of London sits
the City. Inside the City sits a Square. Inside the Square sits a building.
Inside the building sits a basement. Inside the basement sits an office.
Inside the office sits a desk laden with files, paperwork and a computer
screen full of figures. Behind the desk sits an overworked man counting
down the hours untl Friday night when he will find happiness at the
bottom of a pint glass.
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Just
above the man is a window. The window is opaque with dirt and looks as
if it has never been cleaned. If one day a window cleaner were to wipe
away the layers of dust the man would be able to see his view. The view
isn't very pleasant, it reveals just the sand-coloured stone of the adjacent
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One day a green beetle appeared on the
windowsill of the man's office. If the man looked up from his computer
screen he would see that the beetle had cleared a patch of dirt from
the window; just enough to reveal that the beetle was gently tapping
and pointing at something on the wall behind him.
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If the man's eyes were then to follow
the direction that the beetle's arm was pointing in he would see that
a shiny black beetle had undone the nozzle of the building opposite
which, little by little, was beginning to deflate.
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