GETTING IT WRONG

Person 1:  It’s like the magician who pulled a rabbit out of his ass.

Person 2:  --out of his hat.

Person 1:  Pardon me?

Person 2:  The magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
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Person 1:  Really?  How do you get a rabbit out of a hat?

Person 2:  Well, then, how do you get a rabbit out of--never mind.

We get things wrong a lot.  But there are different kinds of wrongs.  Sometimes a wrong can be a right, depending on your point of view.
 
For instance, there was an episode of a wildlife television program that showed a field mouse running from a hungry fox.  The mouse darted under a rock ledge and just sat there, relieved no doubt to have found safety.
 
The fox, though, waited there at the ledge watching the mouse watch him.  Hours passed.  The mouse then sensed all of a sudden that it was no longer in danger.  Out it darted.   

The mouse got it wrong.  The mouse’s wrong, however, was the fox’s right.  The fox was rewarded for his patience.

Wrongs make the world go round, as do rights, of course.