WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.250 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.250 --> 00:00:05.730 align:middle line:90% Called "Song of Shaking." 00:00:05.730 --> 00:00:08.130 align:middle line:84% There'll be about two more after this. 00:00:08.130 --> 00:00:12.180 align:middle line:90% 00:00:12.180 --> 00:00:17.070 align:middle line:84% Don Juan talks to Carlos about going out and meeting an animal 00:00:17.070 --> 00:00:18.510 align:middle line:84% and having the animal talk to him 00:00:18.510 --> 00:00:22.742 align:middle line:84% and it relates in some very hilarious episodes 00:00:22.742 --> 00:00:24.450 align:middle line:84% how he went about trapping, for instance, 00:00:24.450 --> 00:00:26.820 align:middle line:84% a magical deer, which he realized 00:00:26.820 --> 00:00:30.450 align:middle line:84% at one point, when he was in Mexico, was stalking him. 00:00:30.450 --> 00:00:32.820 align:middle line:84% And it made him aware of his presence 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:35.867 align:middle line:84% by whistling, a weird, very strange kind of whistle. 00:00:35.867 --> 00:00:37.950 align:middle line:84% And Don Juan knew it wasn't a real ordinary animal 00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:39.480 align:middle line:84% because no animal had a whistle like that. 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:41.355 align:middle line:84% So Don Juan said, all right, what shall I do? 00:00:41.355 --> 00:00:43.890 align:middle line:84% How shall I track this magical creature? 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:46.200 align:middle line:84% And he worked out all of the alternatives. 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:49.620 align:middle line:84% What would a man do who was just not a hunter, not a warrior 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:51.870 align:middle line:84% but was just a man wandering in the woods? 00:00:51.870 --> 00:00:55.170 align:middle line:84% And he would hide, he would run away. 00:00:55.170 --> 00:00:58.140 align:middle line:84% What would a warrior do if he was prepared for it? 00:00:58.140 --> 00:00:59.517 align:middle line:90% He would arm himself. 00:00:59.517 --> 00:01:02.100 align:middle line:84% He would duck behind the closest cover, which he would already 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:04.140 align:middle line:90% be aware of. 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:05.640 align:middle line:84% Worked through all the various kinds 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:09.128 align:middle line:84% of things that could be done and decided, 00:01:09.128 --> 00:01:10.920 align:middle line:84% or had decided beforehand, that he wouldn't 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:12.930 align:middle line:90% do any of those things. 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:15.000 align:middle line:84% Because all of those things were anticipatable 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.490 align:middle line:84% and no magical being is going to be attracted 00:01:17.490 --> 00:01:20.140 align:middle line:90% by anything trapped in routine. 00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:21.960 align:middle line:84% So what he did was stood on his head 00:01:21.960 --> 00:01:26.610 align:middle line:84% and began to cry and whistle, himself, he tells Carlos. 00:01:26.610 --> 00:01:28.993 align:middle line:84% And then lo and behold, before long, the magical deer 00:01:28.993 --> 00:01:31.410 align:middle line:84% came up behind him and was nuzzling on his ear and saying, 00:01:31.410 --> 00:01:33.660 align:middle line:90% why are you so sad? 00:01:33.660 --> 00:01:36.300 align:middle line:90% And don't be sad, and things. 00:01:36.300 --> 00:01:38.430 align:middle line:84% And Carlos says, wait a minute, Don Juan, 00:01:38.430 --> 00:01:40.660 align:middle line:90% you mean this deer talks to you? 00:01:40.660 --> 00:01:41.790 align:middle line:90% It actually talks to you? 00:01:41.790 --> 00:01:44.910 align:middle line:90% And he said, of course. 00:01:44.910 --> 00:01:48.420 align:middle line:84% And when Carlos was fascinated, he was, at the same time, 00:01:48.420 --> 00:01:49.810 align:middle line:90% incredulous and fascinated. 00:01:49.810 --> 00:01:51.227 align:middle line:84% He didn't believe him for a minute 00:01:51.227 --> 00:01:53.100 align:middle line:84% but he wanted to know what he said anyway. 00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:55.860 align:middle line:84% Real toads and imaginary gardens. 00:01:55.860 --> 00:01:59.470 align:middle line:84% And so Don Juan related the conversation 00:01:59.470 --> 00:02:04.500 align:middle line:84% in a very stupid way which was how are you today Don Juan? 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:05.250 align:middle line:90% Fine, thanks. 00:02:05.250 --> 00:02:06.115 align:middle line:90% How are you? 00:02:06.115 --> 00:02:06.990 align:middle line:90% It's good to see you. 00:02:06.990 --> 00:02:10.020 align:middle line:90% This kind of banal things. 00:02:10.020 --> 00:02:13.050 align:middle line:84% And finally, Carlos shook his head and he says, 00:02:13.050 --> 00:02:16.170 align:middle line:84% it was certainly a dumb conversation, Don Juan. 00:02:16.170 --> 00:02:19.260 align:middle line:84% And Don Juan says, well, what do you expect? 00:02:19.260 --> 00:02:21.442 align:middle line:90% After all, I'm only an Indian. 00:02:21.442 --> 00:02:22.870 align:middle line:90% [GIGGLING] 00:02:22.870 --> 00:02:27.160 align:middle line:90% 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:30.850 align:middle line:84% Later, Carlos talks with an animal, the coyote. 00:02:30.850 --> 00:02:38.230 align:middle line:84% And comes back just blithering about his experience. 00:02:38.230 --> 00:02:39.880 align:middle line:84% And Don Juan has an enormous amount 00:02:39.880 --> 00:02:44.950 align:middle line:84% of fun poking at him as he says, but Don Juan-- 00:02:44.950 --> 00:02:47.860 align:middle line:84% But the kind of talking that they're 00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:51.430 align:middle line:84% seemed to be talking about in there I think 00:02:51.430 --> 00:02:55.574 align:middle line:84% is a fairly common, quite common phenomenon. 00:02:55.574 --> 00:02:58.300 align:middle line:90% 00:02:58.300 --> 00:02:59.710 align:middle line:90% I'm going to assume so anyway. 00:02:59.710 --> 00:03:03.310 align:middle line:90% 00:03:03.310 --> 00:03:08.560 align:middle line:84% "Today, out in the woods, an old tree found me. 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:10.660 align:middle line:90% It said, I am you. 00:03:10.660 --> 00:03:14.950 align:middle line:84% And a chorus of whispers blew by where I shook. 00:03:14.950 --> 00:03:18.430 align:middle line:84% I am you, it said, with no words. 00:03:18.430 --> 00:03:20.440 align:middle line:90% No words. 00:03:20.440 --> 00:03:24.040 align:middle line:84% Big tree, dead, huge memory of itself, 00:03:24.040 --> 00:03:28.270 align:middle line:84% collapsing, to feed the green shoots ringing its base. 00:03:28.270 --> 00:03:31.720 align:middle line:84% And the babble of whispers blew by where I listened. 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:35.500 align:middle line:90% Their small voices hard to hear. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:38.380 align:middle line:90% We, they seemed to say. 00:03:38.380 --> 00:03:41.545 align:middle line:90% We are becoming you. 00:03:41.545 --> 00:03:44.070 align:middle line:90% And the shaking stopped." 00:03:44.070 --> 00:03:46.000 align:middle line:90%