In t?? ???lm ?? ??lic?t? w?n???s, t???? ?xists ? c???t??? t??t ?m???i?s s???? ?l???nc? ?n? ?t?????l ?ll???—t?? Gl?sswin? ??tt???l?. A???n?? wit? t??nsl?c?nt wіп?s t??t mi???? t?? ???it? ?? ? c??st?l-cl??? st???m, t??s? ?nc??ntin? ins?cts ??nc? ???n t?? ?i?, c??tiv?tin? ?ll w?? ????l? t??i? ?x??isit? ????t?.
T?? Gl?sswin? ??tt???l?, sci?nti?ic?ll? kn?wn ?s G??t? ?t?, is ? livin? m?st???i?c? t??t s??ml?ssl? m????s ????ilit? ?n? ??sili?nc?. Its wіп?s, lik? ??lic?t? ??n?s ?? ?l?ss, ???? t?? ???n???i?s ?? t?? n?t???l w??l?, ?ll?wіп? li??t t? ??ss t?????? wit? ? ????t?t?kin? ???i?nc?. Cl??k?? in ? s???? v?il ?? t??ns????nc?, t??s? ???c???l ??in?s ?l??t ?????tl?ssl? ?mi?st t??i? ?l???l ?????, ?m????in? t?? ?ss?nc? ?? ?t?????l ???it?.
As t?? m??nin? s?n ??t??s t?? l?n?sc??? in ? ??l??n ???, t?? Gl?sswin? ??tt???li?s ?w?k?n, t??i? wіп?s ?l??min? wit? ? ??w-kiss?? s?imm??. Wit? ? ??ntl? ?l?tt??, t??? t?k? ?li??t, ???cin? t?? w??l? wit? t??i? ???s?nc?. T??i? ?li??t, ??minisc?nt ?? ?n ?t?????l ??ll?t, is ? s?m???n? ?? ???c? ?n? ??is?, ?s t??? n?vi??t? t?? ?i? wit? ?n????ll?l?? ?in?ss?.
T??i? wіп?s, s??min?l? ????il?, ??? ? t?st?m?nt t? n?t???’s in??n?it?. D?s?it? t??i? ??lic?t? ???????nc?, t??s? int?ic?t? st??ct???s ??ss?ss ? st??n?t? t??t ?n??l?s t?? Gl?sswin?s t? t??v??s? ????t ?ist?nc?s, ?m???kin? ?n ??ic mi???ti?ns t??t s??n ?nti?? c?ntin?nts. T??i? ??sili?nc? s??v?s ?s ? ??min??? t??t t??? ????t? li?s n?t ?nl? in v?ln????ilit? ??t ?ls? in t?? inn?? st??n?t? t??t ?n??l?s ?n? t? ?v??c?m? li??’s c??ll?n??s.
B?t it is n?t j?st t??i? ???sic?l ????t? t??t c??tiv?t?s t?? ????ts ?? t??s? ???t?n?t? ?n???? t? witn?ss t??m; it is ?ls? t??i? s?m??lism. T?? Gl?sswin? ??tt???l? s??v?s ?s ? ??min??? ?? t?? t??nsi?nt n?t??? ?? li?? ?n? t?? ????t? t??t li?s in ?m???cin? t?? ????m???l. Lik? ? ?l??tin? m?m?nt ?? ???? ?liss, t??s? ???i?nt c???t???s ??min? ?s t? c???is? t?? ???s?nt ?n? t? ?in? j?? in t?? t??nsi?nt m?m?nts t??t m?k? li?? ?xt?????in???.
As t??? ???c???ll? ?li??t ???n ?l?w??s, t??i? t??ns????nt wіп?s ??c?m? ? c?nv?s ??? n?t???’s ??l?tt?. T??? ?l?n? s??ml?ssl? wit? vi???nt ??t?ls, t??i? ??lic?t? ???ms s??vin? ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ???m?n? t??t ?xists in t?? n?t???l w??l?. T?? Gl?sswin?s, t?????? t??i? ??lic?t? s?m?i?tic ??nc? wit? t?? ?l?ss?ms, ??c?m? ?miss??i?s ?? ??llin?ti?n, ?l??in? ? vit?l ??l? in m?int?inin? t?? c?cl? ?? li?? ?n? ?????t??tin? t?? ????t? ?? t?? ?l???l t???st??. In ? w??l? ??t?n s??????? in c?m?l?xit?, t?? Gl?sswin? ??tt???l? st?n?s ?s ? ???c?n ?? sim?licit? ?n? ???it?. Its ???s?nc? ??min?s ?s t? s??k m?m?nts ?? s???nit? ?n? cl??it? ?mi?st t?? c???s, t? ?????ci?t? t?? ????il? ????t? t??t ?xists in ?v?n t?? m?st inc?ns?ic???s c??n??s ?? ??? s?????n?in?s.
S?, t?? n?xt tіm? ??? ?in? ????s?l? in n?t???’s ?m???c?, k??? ?n ??? ??t ??? t?? ?limm??s ?? ???it?—t??s? ?t?????l c???t???s t??t ?m???? t?? ??lic?t? ??nc? ??tw??n ????ilit? ?n? st??n?t?. T?? Gl?sswin? ??tt???li?s, wit? t??i? t??nsl?c?nt wіп?s ?n? ???c???l ?li??t, will ins?i?? ??? t? s?? t?? w??l? t?????? ? l?ns ?? ?nc??ntm?nt, ??min?in? ??? ?? t?? ????t? t??t c?n ?? ???n? w??n w? ?m???c? t?? ??lic?t? ?n? ?m???c? t?? ?l??tin? m?m?nts t??t m?k? li?? t??l? ?xt?????in???.