Early morning, in Saumur.
Terence sits on the Dolmen de Bagneux. Marx sits beside him.
Marx (shifting uncomfortably): Why don't we sit on the grass?
Terence: See?
Marx: What?
Terence: My REAL grandpa has a hard bottom.
Marx: Let me assure you he doesn't. Not that I claim to be him. Now, what is it you want to ask me?
Terence: First I have to tell you a story.
Marx: Very nice. Go on then.
Terence: My parrot said it.
Marx: Begin.
Terence: There was a grasshopper in the bath and a spider.
Marx: Were they friends?
Terence: Not at the same time.
Marx: Sorry. Go on.
Terence: My parrot saw the grasshopper. It was a baby. She actually thought it might be a beetle. And it was there every day.
Marx: In the bath?
Terence: Yes. Then one day the grasshopper was gone and there was a spider.
Marx: In the bath?
Terence: Yes. And it was THE SAME SIZE AS THE GRASSHOPPER.
Marx: And is that the end of the story?
Terence: NO! There's three QUESTIONS.
Marx: Three questions. What are they?
Terence: See! I knew you wouldn't know anything!
Marx: You haven't asked me the questions.
Terence: All right. Did the grasshopper turn into the spider?
Marx: Probably not. That would be a strange metamorphosis.
Terence: So did the spider eat the grasshopper?
Marx: Possibly. But.....was there a plug in the plug hole?
Terence: That's like question three!
Marx: Like it? What is question three?
Terence: Not telling.
Marx: Fine. Well, I have a race to contest. Where is your parrot?
Terence: She's gone to Limoges.
Marx: Dear me. Who's looking after you?
Terence: No one.
Marx: Come. It's time Arthur faced up to his responsibilities as team leader.
They get down from the Dolmen de Bagneux.
......
Will we find Terence's parrot's story mirrored in the day's racing?
Yes, in that nothing much happens.
At times, there is a minor change in the placings
But in Limoges, Marcel Kittel comes in a split second ahead of Coquard in a photo finish. Sagan retains yellow. Cavendish green.
And Pablo comes up with Sticky Note Three, final version:
Whenever you can,
Find an opening,
Go through it,
Don't stop to consider
That space may be space for a reason.
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