The bison wants to build something solid and lasting; the hummingbird wants to taste everything and move on before the flowers wilt. There's a flicker of fascination here — the hummingbird is dazzled by the bison's quiet strength, and the bison is briefly enchanted by all that dazzling energy — but fascination doesn't pay the bills or warm the bed. When the hummingbird needs its seventeenth change of plans before noon, the bison is already done with this conversation.
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