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THE CAT:<br />

" How do I know? " said <strong>the</strong> Dog. " I eat my<br />

"<br />

breakfast, and am content. Let me alone !<br />

" Do you never think, O Dog without a soul<br />

Do you never wonder what dogs are, and what this<br />

world is? "<br />

The Dog stretched himself, and rolled his eyes<br />

lazily around <strong>the</strong> room. " I conceive," he said,<br />

" that <strong>the</strong> world is for dogs, and that men and<br />

women are put into it to take care of dogs ; women<br />

to take care of little dogs like me, and men for <strong>the</strong><br />

big dogs like those in <strong>the</strong> yard. And <strong>cat</strong>s," he con-<br />

tinued, " are to know <strong>the</strong>ir place, and not be<br />

troublesome."<br />

" There may be truth in what you say," said <strong>the</strong><br />

Cat calmly ; " but I think your view is limited. If<br />

you listened, as I do, you would hear men say <strong>the</strong><br />

world was made for <strong>the</strong>m."<br />

The Cat's Pilgrimage<br />

James Anthony Froude.<br />

141

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