"Think of the
dark, velvet sweetness as I melt on your tongue"
"Think of the
surge of happiness as I dissolve inside and we become one!"
"Eat
me, Lanch Member, and I will tell no-one. Eat me!! EAT ME!!!"
"NO!" shouted the Lanch Member, "Stop! You are cruel! It is true,
Cheese, that in eating you there is great pleasure. But after the
pleasure there is sickness and there is guilt" "I shall not eat
you!"
"But, Lanch Member" said the Cheese, "Being eaten is the only reason
for my existence"
The
Cheese looked at the Lanch Member with an expression of the utmost
sorrow and a tear fell to the floor.
"Are
you going to deny me the reason for my existence?"
Now
the Lanch Member was a person of great kindness and compassion, as
many mountaineers are, and could not help their heart from going out
to the Cheese.
"No,
Cheese" said the Lanch Member. "I would not do that"
And
with a touch of infinite gentleness, the Lanch Member picked up the
Cheese and began to eat.
And
having eaten the Cheese, the Lanch Member was overcome by feelings of
pleasure more wonderful than they had ever known before.
And,
henceforth, let all Lanch Members know that it is not they who need
Cheese for happiness. It is Cheese that needs them.
And in eating, they are performing a
very great and generous service indeed.
