donheff
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The thread on sleeve gators reminded me how much combined knowledge is available on this forum. I have an obscure memory I have not been able to track down with Google searches. Every few years it pesters me and I search anew but no luck. My memory is of poetic quote of a "traditional saying" from some African tribe that perfectly caught the effect of paranoia. I vaguely remember reading it in the pre-Internet 80s, probably in a novel - if the author made it up that may be why I can't find the quote online.
The quote was something along the lines of this but much catchier:
The quote was something along the lines of this but much catchier:
He who believes there is a tiger in the tall grass
hears his stealthy footfall in each rustle of the leaves.
sees his furtive creeping in each movement of the blades
Anyone familiar with this "saying?"hears his stealthy footfall in each rustle of the leaves.
sees his furtive creeping in each movement of the blades