IT DOESN'T MATCH

THE MINSTREL

wouldn't they look charming against your lace?

Yes, of course they would

so why not use it?

Well

Well what?

Well it doesn't match.

What do you mean it doesn't match?

It doesn't match my underneath.

Your underneath?

Well yes

No one cares about the underneath. It ought to match your lace, not your underneath. The outside is what's seen, you ought to make it pretty. That seems reasonable, does it not?

Entirely.

So then why don't you put it on?

I want it to match the underneath. 

But there is nothing underneath, is there?

Well I don't know. I thought that there was. Its what supports the lace.

And the earth supports our roads, houses, sidewalks, but we match our tires not to the earth but the pavement. Why don't you wear them? They compliment the lace perfectly.

Because it doesn't match the lace.

Would you stop saying that and be reasonable? You know you must where something, don't you?

Well

Yes, now why don't you put it on so we can go?

It doesn't match my lace.