"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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It’s also called “servetta muta”, mute handmaiden.

Do you know why?

Hint, it’s not because it doesn’t have a hole for the mouth: it’s much creepier than that.
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