ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple.
ANTONIO: And sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands.
– William Shakespeare
The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 1. After washing up on the island from a shipwreck, Gonzalo is being the eternal optimist and sees everything green and advantageous to life there. But Antonio and Sebastian continue to be mean spirited and make fun of him.