"see which way the wind blows" part one.

Let me tell you a story.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. We'll call her Alice. It's a nice name, and people often associate it with being lost, so we'll make use of that.

Now Alice wasn't quite sure where she was going. She knew where she came from, we'll give her that, but at the present time, she was just wandering about, trying to decide where she was and where she should go. She tried asking other folks where she was, but they we're quite sure themselves, so they couldn't answer her. She tried asking the trees, but trees never move, so they couldn't give a very definitive answer either. She tried asking the wind, but the wind is terribly unpredictable and isn't ever quite sure where it is at the moment, so all it could tell her was to "see which way the wind blows." Alice never could figure it out without a weather vane.

So Alice wandered about for a while.