How to Request from Hashem in the Right Way

A small boy stands on the bank of a huge river, waiting for a giant ship to stop for him. A man nearby tells him he's wasting his time. That picture comes at the end of a look at Chana's tefillah on Rosh Hashanah. Why did Eli, such a holy man, suspect her of being drunk? And the Zohar calls someone who asks for personal needs on Rosh Hashanah like a dog, so how could Chana ask for a child that day? An approach to the word "shikor" opens the way to asking for what we need before Selichos.