He took out his pocket knife and whittled the end of the stick. Then he tried again. "What is this?" "A smaller hole." "Point," said Mr. Fortune suggestively. "Yes, I mean a smaller point." "No, not quite. It is a point... but it is not smaller. Holes may be of different sizes, but no point is larger or smaller than another point."

Mr. Fortune's Maggot, Mr. Fortune's Maggot (p. 108)