Among those mountains, from all the water flowing off their sides, many of the great rivers of Europe have their origins. One of those rivers is the Reuss. It flows from Uri to Lucerne and eventually into the Aare, which flows into the Rhine between Switzerland and Germany, and then twists and turns its way between Germany and France and eventually out to the North Sea in the Netherlands.
This river was the Urner's problem. The problem was not that the river flowed away to other lands. The problem was not that it dried up when they needed it. The problem was not that it trespassed in other's property. No, it was always in their land even when it flowed away. It never dried up, whether they needed it or not. And it always stayed in its own bed. It was even a beautiful river. But it was a problem.
The problem was that it was a rushing, mighty river, even there at its beginning. It was not skimpy and lazy. It tumbled headlong over great boulders and did not care a bit what was in its way. It just ran, boiling and frothing, leaping and plunging, down the mountains to all the places it needed to go.
I like the idea of a story. :)
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