So, we would read in field guides, the standard field guides that maybe you have on your shelves, you know, what beavers need is A slowly meandering stream with aspen trees and alders and willows, near the water. That's the best thing for a beaver.

A country where a majority of the population still consults astrologers can well appreciate a sport in which an ill timed cloudburst, a badly prepared pitch, a lost toss, or the sun in the eyes of a fielder can transform a game s outcome. Even the possibility that five tense, exciting, hotly contested, and occasionally meandering days of cricketing could still end in a draw seems derived from ancient Indian philosophy, which accepts that in life the journey is as important as the destination.