At the river-side I also did a bit of prose writing, not on any definite subject or plan, but in the spirit that boys catch butterflies.

Suddenly, there came an old turtle, who said, "Iused to live in the river." Now that you have chased away the spirit, I am back.

Trial and error in the river let a process evolve whereby these discarded bottles could be poetically represented to show the spirit of the river upon them.