A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"
The father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don"t ask questions, you never learn nothin"."
prep. Expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point (dinner is served from 8; from start to finish).
- place, object, etc. At a specified distance etc. (10 miles from rome; far from sure).
- a source (gravel from a pit; quotations from shaw). B giver or sender (not heard from her).
- thing or person avoided, deprived, etc. (released him from prison; took his gun from him).
- reason, cause, motive (died from fatigue; did it from jealousy).
- thing distinguished or unlike (know black from white).
- lower limit (from 10 to 20 boats).
- state changed for another (from being poor he became rich).
- adverb or preposition of time or place (from long ago; from abroad; from under the bed). from time to time occasionally. [old english]
