Never having <br />encountered one <br /> <br />before <br />except in stories <br /> <br />my daughter <br />begging to be <br /> <br />taken to <br />the well <br /> <br />the source <br />of all <br /> <br />her fascination <br />a magical tale in itself <br /> <br />letting the bucket <br />fall into the nothingness <br /> <br />that soft splash <br />as if <br /> <br />from a different <br />universe