It sounded like something I wanted to try. I called up the (national) biathlon coach and asked if he was interested in teaching me how to shoot, and he was.

I decided that instead of flailing in classic skis, I would just learn how to shoot.

From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my person. At the same time, my interest became irreversibly fixated on water fowl, and I became an expert on their behaviour even as a child.

All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog