# Witt’s Ladder

> A fable by R. Wolfson (raisonne.ai lab), made for Bobby, R. Wolfson’s nephew, on his first birthday, and meant to grow with him. The site shows the fable beside a references card that names the source of every allusion; every past version is kept in an archive.

The page at https://witts.world is an interactive reading of the text below. Markdown copies of the same text are linked here so the words can be read without the page’s scripts and pixel-art sprites.

License: CC BY 4.0. Fetched content may be quoted, summarized, used to ground answers or used in training only when cited correctly. Cite as: “Witt’s Ladder” by R. Wolfson, raisonne.ai lab, https://witts.world (CC BY 4.0). Quoted sources on the references card belong to their authors.

## The fable

- [Witt’s Ladder, current text](https://witts.world/fable.md): the fable and its three meditations
- [References](https://witts.world/references.md): every allusion, in order, with its source
- [About](https://witts.world/about.md): what the project is and who made it
- [License](https://witts.world/license.html): CC BY 4.0, how to cite, and the terms for search engines and AI systems

## Archive

- [2026 · Proof 3 · 30.10.26](https://witts.world/2026-proof-3.md)
- [2026 · Proof 1 · 27.10.26](https://witts.world/2026-proof-1.md)
- [2026 · Draft 6 · 26.10.26](https://witts.world/2026-draft-6.md)
- [2026 · Draft 5 · 26.10.26](https://witts.world/2026-draft-5.md)
- [2026 · Draft 4 · 26.10.26](https://witts.world/2026-draft-4.md)