Generally speaking, everything sings because of being abused. Grass and woods have no sound; they sing only when the wind interferes. Water has no sound of its own; it is the wind that makes it sing. It is jumping, skipping, running only because it was driven, stopped, or heated. Stone has no sound; it sings only when it is beaten. Speech with man is the same. He speaks only because he has to. There are thoughts in his song and he tells his story...