Story: Line and a Dot

A friend of mine told me this story some time ago.  It is a children's
story written by a mathematician.  (I forget his name.)

If anybody out there can *improve the art* and re-post it, I would really
appreciate it.  ;)


Once upon a time, there was a Straight Line and a Dot.

 -----  .

The Line fell in love with the Dot.  But, the Dot did not like the Line.  
She said, "You're boring and too plain."
The Dot left the Line and went off with a Squiggly Line.

 -----                              .  /\/\)\
                  -->

                                  The Squiggly Line was fun,
                                  abstract, funny, and had
                                  everything the Dot had wanted.

The (Straight) Line became depressed.
For days, he pondered how he could impress the Dot and win her back.

So the Line went up to the Dot.
He said, "I can be abstract,"

-==-=    .                      /\/\)\
          \
           ?!

"dazzling,"

 /\
/  \                            /\/\)\
\  /    .
 \/      \    (By the way, the Line was able to bend himself.)
          !!

"funny,"

  \
  @X@
    \
     \  .                     /\/\)\
         \
          hoho..

"and romantic.."

   __   __
  /  \ /  \
 |    -    |
 |         |
  \       /
   \     /
    \   /      .          /\/\)\
     \_/        \
                 *** 

The Dot asked the Squiggly Line,
"What can you do?"


 -----
       
       ;
 /\/\)\

The Squiggly Line tried, tried, and tried..
But, he coudln't do anything.  He was just a plain,
squiggly line.

 /\/\)\.....

    .
     \
      ...


So the Line and the Dot went off together,

                      /
 /\/\)\              /
                    /.
                   /

to the sunset,

    ___
   /   \
  |     |
 ---------

     |.

and lived happily ever after.

The End.


Like I said, I'd appreciate improvement on the art.
Thanx.
-- 
===============================================================================
  Shinil Hong
  State Univ. of New York at Buffalo            shi...@cs.buffalo.edu
  M.I.S. / C.S.                                 v13...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu

A friend of mine told me this story some time ago.  It is a children's
story written by a mathematician.  (I forget his name.)

If anybody out there can *improve the art* and re-post it, I would really
appreciate it.  ;)


Once upon a time, there was a Straight Line and a Dot.

 -----  .

The Line fell in love with the Dot.  But, the Dot did not like the Line.  
She said, "You're boring and too plain."
The Dot left the Line and went off with a Squiggly Line.

 -----                              .  /\/\)\
                  -->

                                  The Squiggly Line was fun,
                                  abstract, funny, and had
                                  everything the Dot had wanted.

The (Straight) Line became depressed.
For days, he pondered how he could impress the Dot and win her back.

So the Line went up to the Dot.
He said, "I can be abstract,"

-==-=    .                      /\/\)\
          \
           ?!

"dazzling,"

 /\
/  \                            /\/\)\
\  /    .
 \/      \    (By the way, the Line was able to bend himself.)
          !!

"funny,"

  \
  @X@
    \
     \  .                     /\/\)\
         \
          hoho..

"and romantic.."

   __   __
  /  \ /  \
 |    -    |
 |         |
  \       /
   \     /
    \   /      .          /\/\)\
     \_/        \
                 *** 

The Dot asked the Squiggly Line,
"What can you do?"


 -----
       
       ;
 /\/\)\

The Squiggly Line tried, tried, and tried..
But, he coudln't do anything.  He was just a plain,
squiggly line.

 /\/\)\.....

    .
     \
      ...


So the Line and the Dot went off together,

                      /
 /\/\)\              /
                    /.
                   /

to the sunset,

    ___
   /   \
  |     |
 ---------

     |.

and lived happily ever after.

The End.


Like I said, I'd appreciate improvement on the art.
Thanx.
-- 
===============================================================================
  Shinil Hong
  State Univ. of New York at Buffalo            shi...@cs.buffalo.edu
  M.I.S. / C.S.                                 v13...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu

In article <3noldh$8n...@gagme.wwa.com>, shi...@cs.buffalo.edu (Shinil
Hong) wrote:

> A friend of mine told me this story some time ago.  It is a children's
> story written by a mathematician.  (I forget his name.)
> 
> If anybody out there can *improve the art* and re-post it, I would really
> appreciate it.  ;)
> 
> 
> Once upon a time, there was a Straight Line and a Dot.

I have the book your friend got this from at home.  It's called "The Dot
and the Line"; i can't remember the name of the mathematician who wrote it
(although I remember it was dedicated to Euler).  Anyways, if people are
interested I could probably draw/write up something closer to the original
version, but it would have to wait until I get home for the summer, after
May 16.
It has a lot more cool geometry bits in the part where the line shows off
his new skills...

>   Shinil Hong
>   State Univ. of New York at Buffalo            shi...@cs.buffalo.edu
>   M.I.S. / C.S.                                 v13...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu


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