Magic Ball
Maria had a little ball.
- "What sort of a ball is that?", Sinisa asked her.
- "It's a magic ball."
- "What makes it a magic ball? It looks like an ordinary marble."
- "It's magical because it rolls down the hill all by itself."
- "But all balls roll down the hill by themselves."
- "It means they are all magical", Maria said.
- "But, Maria, for something to be magical, it has to behave differently from what we expect it to behave."
- "Well, I expect this ball to roll uphills all the time, but it keeps rolling downhill."
- "Why is it that you expect it to roll uphills, when you know all balls roll downhills?", Sinisa asked her.
- "Because it's magical", Maria answered.
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