How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The road crossed the river on a bridge about thirty feet long. It did not occur to Hazel that there was anything unusual in this. The idea of a bridge was beyond him. He saw only a line of stout posts and rails on either side of the road. Similarly, simple African villagers who have never left their remote homes may not be particularly surprised by their first sight of an airplane: it is outside their comprehension. But their first sight of a horse pulling a cart will set them pointing and laughing at the ingenuity of the fellow who thought of that one. Hazel saw without surprise the road crossing the river. (33.28)
Here's another of those "rabbits are like simple people" moments. (If you were rewriting this today, you might talk about how grandparents don't understand Twitter rather than about how Africans don't understand planes—because that's actually pretty offensive.) But here we see the limits of exploration: sure, exploration may broaden the mind (think of Blackberry coming up with new ideas to fit the new place), but at some point, rabbits just don't understand human things. And since they don't speak English or Swahili, we doubt they ever will.