Yes, that is the point..most learn from our elders..sometime there is no one to tell ..the ducks .. or show the guidence to teach the young love can sometimes only be found within .. so why travel south.. you can be warm within without ever traveling and without acquiring what society tells you that you need to feel warm.. Holden wasn't an idot..he could simply find no warmth and hadn't yet noticed that there was warmth within Salinger helps us to realize what he knows about humanity but many..many..many..even his best of fans..still don't know that it is the key..that everyone seeks..and it is within each and everyone one .. On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Camille Scaysbrook wrote: > > > Yes long live the ducks and may they all have a nice quite, warm place to > > go when the pond has frozen > > My boyfriend said the other day `What kind of idiot was Holden anyway? > Didn't anyone ever tell him ducks go South for the Winter?' (: > > >