Holes

Holes can be divided into three categories: good, middling and evil. Among the evil holes may be counted manholes, pinholes, peepholes, and bogholes: they are treacherous and difficult to guard against, especially manholes, which often appear in the street without warning and swallow up the unwary passer by. The middling sort includes holes in the sleeves of cardigans, fenceholes made by cows' horns, holes in soap, sieveholes and unfinished tunnels. The good holes are instantly recognisable by their perfect shape and functional aptness. All bodily orifices have these characteristics: eye-sockets are exactly the right size and form for the eyes they contain, while sound would not dream of passing into the nostrils, nor smell into the earholes. Other good holes are those in the middle of birds' nests, the hollow spaces in dead tree trunks and the fingerholes of a flute. Out of a hole we came and into a hole we shall pass.

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