但是，我画的不是一顶帽子，画里代表的是一条蟒蛇正在消化着一头大象。为了让这些大人们能够了解，我只好又画了一张画：我把大蟒蛇肚子里的环境画了出来――这些大人们老是需求解释。我的第二号作品是如许的：
小时候，当时我还只要6岁，看到一本描述原始丛林壮观气象的书，名叫《实在的故事》。书里有一幅很出色的插画，画的是一条大蟒蛇正在吞食一只植物，上面就是那幅插画的复成品。
他们答复我说：“一顶帽子有甚么惊骇的呢？”
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.
Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say:"That is a hat."Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
以是从当时起，我挑选了别的一个职业，我学会了开飞机。我几近飞遍了天下的每个角落。的确，地理学对我非常有效。飞过天下各地的我一眼就能辩白出中国和亚利桑那州。如果夜里丢失了航向，如许的知识是很有代价的。