I have asked some very young and very old people (who shall remain nameless) to recall their earliest memories, with amusing and striking results. Some remember an embrace, some a loved one beside them, or a family event. One beloved daughter told me her earliest recollection was a paper cut, and the experience of an unsympathetic father (who told her she would be fine, and has since repented of his callousness). Every person remembers in their earliest days one thing in particular which occurred many times: lying on the grass and watching the sky.