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Text A Love Is a Fallacy（第2页）

[36]“Diplisabasedonanunqualifiedgeion。Forexample:Exerciseisgood。Thereforeeverybodyshouldexercise。”

[37]“Iagree，”saidPollyearly。“Imeanexerciseiswonderful。Imeanitbuildsthebodyahing。”

[38]“Polly，”Isaidgeisafallacy。Exerciseisgoodisanunqualifiedgeion。Forinstance，ifyouhaveheartdisease，exerciseisbad，notgood。Manypeopleareorderedbytheirdoottoexerustqualifythegeion。Youmustsayexerciseisusuallygood，oodformostpeople。OtherwiseyouhaveittedaDipliciter。Doyousee?”

[39]“No，”shefessed。“Butthisismarvy。Domore!Domore!”

[40]“Itwillbebetterifyoustoptuggingatmysleeve，”Itoldher，andwheed，Iued。“akeupafallacycalledHastyGeion。Listencarefully:You’tspeakFreeyBelloeakFrench。ImustthereforecludethatnobodyattheUyofMiaspeakFrench。”

[41]“Really?”saidPolly，amazed。“Nobody?”

[42]Ihidmyexasperation。“Polly，it’safallacy。Thegeiooohastily。Therearetoofewiosupportsu。”

[43]“Knowanymorefallacies?”sheaskedbreathlessly。“Thisismorefunthandan。”

[44]Ifoughtoffawaveettihisgirl，absolutelyill，Iamnothingif。Iued。“Hotothis:Let’snottakeBillonourpiic。Everytimewetakehimoutwithus，itrains。”

[45]“Iklikethat，”sheexclaimed。“Agirlbae—EulaBecker，herneverfails。Everysiakeheronapiic—”

[46]“Polly，”Isaidsharply，“it’safallacy。EulaBe’tcausetherain。ShehashtheraiyofPostHoeEulaBecker。”

[47]“I’llagain，”shepromisedtritely。“Tellmesomemorefallacies。”

[48]“Allright。Let’strytradiises。”

[49]“Yes，let’s，”shechirped，blinkinghereyeshappily。

[50]Ifrowplungedahead。“Here’saradiises:IfGodything，HemakeastoHewooliftit?”

[51]“Ofcourse，”sherepliedpromptly。

[52]“ButifHeythithestone，”Ipoi。

[53]“Yeah，”shesaidthoughtfully。“Well，thenIguessHe’tmakethestone。”

[54]“ButHeything，”Iremindedher。

[55]Shescratchedherpretty，emptyhead。“I’mallfused，”sheadmitted。

[56]“Ofcourseyouare。Bethepremisesumenttradicteachother，thereent。Ifthereisaibleforce，thereovableobject。Ifthereisanimmovableobject，thereoirresistiblefetit?”

[57]Iywatch。“Ithiercallitanight。I’lltakeyouhomenow，andyougooverallthethingsyou’velearned。We’llhaveaht。”

[58]Idepirls’dormitory，wheresheassuredmethatshehadhadaperfectlyterrifevening，aglumlyhometomyroom。Peteylaysniheracoathuddledlikeagreathairybeastathisfeet。ForamomentIsideredwakinghimandtellinghimthathecouldhavehisgirlback。Itseemedclearthatmyprojeedtirlsimplyhadalogic-proofhead。

[59]ButthenIresidered。Ihadwastedoneevening;Imightaswellwasteanother。Whoknew?Maybesomewhereiindafewmembersstillsmoldered。MaybesomehowIthemiedlyitectfraughtwithhope，butIdecidedtogiveitory。

[60]SeateduheeveningIsaid，“OurfirstfallaightiscalledAdMiseri。”

[61]Shequiveredwithdelight。

[62]“Listenclosely，”Isaid。“Amanappliesforajob。Whenthebossaskshimwhathisqualifisare，herepliesthathehasawifeandsixathome，thelesscripple，thehavenothi，owear，heirfeet，therearehehouse，nothedwinterising。”

[63]Atearrolleddoolly’spinkcheeks。“Oh，thisisawful，awful，”shesobbed。

[64]“Yes，it’sawful，”Iagreed，“butit’shemanneveraheboss’squestionabouthisqualifis。Insteadheappealedtotheboss’ssympathy。Heittedthefallaiseri。Doyouuand?”

[65]“Haveyougotahandkerchief?”sheblubbered。

[66]Ihandedherahariedtokeepfrwhileshewipedhereyes。“，”Isaidinacarefullytrolledtone，“wewilldiscussFalseAnalogy。Hereisasshouldbeallowedtolookattheirtextbexaminations。Afterall，surgeooguidethemduriion，lawyershavebriefstoguidethemduringatrial，tershaveblueprintstoguidethemwhentheyarebuildihen，shouldsbeallowedtolookattheirtextbaion?”

[67]“Therehusiastically，“isthemostmarvyideaI’veheardinyears。”

[68]“Polly，”Isaidtestily，“theargumentisallwrong。Doctors，laeakioseehowmuchtheyhavelearudeuatietherdifferent，andyou’tmakeanahem。”

[69]“Istillthinkit’sagoodidea，”saidPolly。

[70]“Nuts，”Imuttered。DoggedlyIpressedowe’lltryHypothesistrarytoFact。”

[71]“Soundsyummy，”olly’srea。

[72]“Listen:IfMadameCuriehadoleaveaphotographiadrawerwithakofpitde，theworldtodaywouldnotkno>

[73]“True，true，”saidPolly，noddingherhead。“Didyouseethemovie?Oh，itjustkhatidgeonissodreamy。Imeauresme。”