from Trevor’s Encyclopedia

Q - Questions

“You always ‘a askin’ questions,” said my poppa to me one morning as I walked my shoeless feet through the freshly turned soil. 

His hands were on the plow.

He was following our old mule Charlie.

 I was following him.

“That’s a good thing, askin’ questions. 

Did you know questions drive the world forward, like ol’ Charlies drivin’ the plow down the row? 

Well sir, they do.

Did you know questions turn the world upside down, like the plow turns the hard, rocky ground into soft, helpful soil? 

Well sir, they do.

Did you know questions are like seeds we’re gonna plant in these rows? 

Well sir, they are.

It takes a long time to get from seeds to vegetables.

And it takes a long time to get from questions to answers.

But seeds change to food that feeds people.

And questions change to answers that make the world a better place. 

You keep ‘a askin’ questions, Carter. 

Always.

Always keep ‘a askin’ questions.”

I’ve always tried to do just that.

To ask as many questions as I can ask.

Yes sir.