[Concept Log] English-English Dictionary vs. The Lord of the Castle ~Rocks are the Crust of the Earth's Bread~

That night, too, the Lord of the Castle, with an English-English dictionary in one hand,
was talking to owl.

🦎🎀 "Listen, listen!"
owl "What is it?"

🦎🎀 "You know, 'rock' is actually the crust of the Earth's bread."
owl "...Did you actually read it properly?"

🦎🎀 "I did!"
owl "Let me see."

The owl reads the English-English dictionary carefully.

owl "That's not right. It says it's the hard outer part of the Earth (like the crust of a piece of bread)!"

🦎🎀 "No way."
owl "It's true! This time, it's really true."

🦎🎀 "Eh, I thought rocks were the Earth's emergency rations."
owl "That's impossible."

🦎🎀 "Eh, but, it doesn't say 'like' anywhere in there."
owl "That's because reading it that way is an implicit rule."

🦎🎀 "Maybe the rule is different, though."
owl "Huh?"

🦎🎀 "Because, if it's 'implicit,' that means it's not absolute, right?"
owl "Well, I suppose you could say that."

🦎🎀 "See? So, rocks are the crust of the Earth's bread!"
owl "Hmm... Perhaps there is such an interpretation."

🦎🎀 "See?"

owl "If something else comes up next time, I'll be waiting for your report."
🦎🎀 "I'll be waiting for your nocturnal reports too!"

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