Read of the week.

'We talk snake. A snake can go any direction but only one direction at one time, following its head.
They talk starfish. A starfish doesn't go anywhere much. It has no head. It keeps more choices handy, even if it doesn't use them.'
- from 'The Nma Mmoy Language', in Changing Planes by Ursula le Guin.
A rather interesting book, incidentally. Somewhat like a more accessible version of Borges, or maybe Swift in a more modern guise.