A man took daily walks in the neighborhood and, in the course of his perambulations, would find lost mittens or socks, a yo-yo, or any number of items that are in the habit of walking away from young children. This man would hang such wayward artifacts from a conspicuous tree branch or atop a nearby fence post in order to be easily retrieved by their rightful owner. Strange math — the way so little can add to so much.
This man died of a...