PEACE AND WAR
Three dogs were basking in the sun and conversing.
The first dog said dreamily, "It is indeed wondrous to be living in this day of dogdom. Consider the ease with which we travel under the sea, upon the earth and even in the sky. And meditate for a moment upon the inventions
brought forth for the comfort of dogs, even for our eyes and ears and noses."
And the second dog spoke and he said, "We are more heedful of the arts. We bark at the
moon more rhythmically than did our forefathers. And when we gaze at ourselves in the water we
see that our features are clearer than the features of yesterday."
Then the third dog spoke and said, "But what interests me most and beguiles my mind is the
tranquil understanding existing between dogdoms."
At that very moment they looked, and lo, the dog-catcher was approaching.
The three dogs sprang up and scampered down the street; and as they ran the third dog said,
"For God's sake, run for your lives. Civilization is after us."
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