What main idea does this passage convey about
the river?
the face of the water, in time, became a
wonderful book - a book that was a dead
language to the uneducated passenger, but
which told its mind to me without reserve,
delivering its most cherished secrets as
clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. and
it was not a book to be read once and thrown
aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.
--life on the mississippi,
mark twain
the river is meaningless to most people.
the river is wonderfully different every day.
the river protects its secrets
it is easy to get to know the river.