Left on their own, they get lost on the village green, run into a fence, wander into a brook, are attacked by a dog; along the way, they chatter about what blinded them, about getting lost, about the fact that they're going to be painted but don't know why.
When we get lost in thoughts about the past or the future, we lose awareness of what's happening here and now.
Often when we get lost in worrying about what everyone else thinks it's because we're existing in a state of perpetual comparison.
That message should not get lost amid the excitement about America's presidential campaign trail extending across the Atlantic.
It is easy to get lost in the numbers about climate change, but there are a couple that stick in my head.
"It's so easy to get lost in the pessimism about the future of classical music, but I feel the exact opposite," de Niese told me that night.
It's about creating worth and meaning for people and I think that can get lost in the discourse about 'how are they being treated' and 'what are their medications'?… I am aversive to it dominating everything we think about, only because I know from working with people that even though they are ill, it's not always about the medical treatment.
This Administration is such an ethical morass that one can get lost wondering about the state of everybody's soul.
But you should not get lost worrying about hypocrisy when the truth is that Russia has been caught running a systematic, state-orchestrated sports doping programme.
Trying to complete a cross-country mission, I get lost thinking about the only time I ever actually rode a real horse.
But, she notes, "even people with perfect sight get lost or nervous about going to a new place".
