284 Life and Immortality. 



monster, upon erect haunches, poses, the embodiment of 

 perfect contentment. 



But in the case of the Owl it was otherwise, Perhaps it 

 was too large for the monster to attack, or, knowing from 

 rumor of gossiping friends the reputation of the former for 

 cruelty and murder, a conciliatory spirit was thought the best 

 to adopt. No one knows the bitter character of the first 

 interview, or whether a liking for each other sprang up from 

 the beginning. Be this as it may, there can be no denying 

 the fact that a friendship was cemented between the two 

 animals, widely divergent in structural peculiarities as they are 

 known to be, that gave hope of becoming long and enduring. 



