CHAPTER TWO

In order to set up the curriculum for their school of philosophy, Hairy and Jasmine collaborated on defining the meaning of life. It was not an easy task as evidenced by the fact that there was not a common definition of the meaning of life in the entire world. Jasmine liked Pablo Picasso’s, “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”  Hairy thought Pablo’s definition was too simple and not suitable for a uniform definition of ‘The Meaning’ that would be acceptable by everyone. After much thinking and brainstorming, they settled on the following: “There are an infinite number of meanings if you are fortunate enough to have life. The gift of life does not come with a readymade ‘Meaning’. Life is meaningful in a different way for each individual. You must choose your own meaning. The choices are limitless, such as survival, procreation, to love and be loved, search for truth, leave the world a better place, have fun, enjoy the journey, look for the best way to spend your time on earth, etc. etc. etc.

Meanwhile and I do mean mean, Pierre Margolle, the mean and evil rumba dancer, was thinking up ways to destroy Hairy’s dream of doing some good in the world. He had a secret reason for hating Hairy Risk Taker and he would not tell anyone what it was_ not even his dance partner.

To be continued...