Nobody wants to be first to see the train they heard about, so the line to see the train doesn't have anyone in front. But since nobody wants to be first to see the front of the line, there's nobody in second position either.
Ultimately it becomes clear that the train itself is a hypothetical line of people that never manifested because nobody wanted to be first and seem pushy and impolite.
There is a lot of room for metaphors here. Inductive reasoning in math, for one. But also maybe something about Nirvana.
Nobody wants to be first to see the train they heard about, so the line to see the train doesn't have anyone in front. But since nobody wants to be first to see the front of the line, there's nobody in second position either.
Ultimately it becomes clear that the train itself is a hypothetical line of people that never manifested because nobody wanted to be first and seem pushy and impolite.
There is a lot of room for metaphors here. Inductive reasoning in math, for one. But also maybe something about Nirvana.