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hiany animals that you always see about you. Do 

 you see any of them here or others that have any 

 resemblance to them." 



" There is none that I can see" was the abrupt and 

 ready answer of " hasty Hari Charan." 



"Will you name some common animals, Hari 

 Charan ? " 



" Goat, cow, dog, cat, &c." 



" Is that all ? no other sentient living things ?" 



" Living things ! I thought you only wanted me to 

 name animals." 



" And all sentient living things are animals.'' 



" Is a butterfly an animal ?" 



"Yes." 



" A grasshopper or a fish ?" 



" They are also animals." 



" Strange ! I thought grasshoppers were insects^ and 

 fish, I don't know what to call them." 



" And insects and fish are sentient living things and 

 therefore animals." 



" To confess the truth " interposed Vidyabhushan, 

 "all of us had a notion that quadrupeds only were called 

 animals." 



" I suspected so, but," said Mr. W. sympathetic- 

 ally, " you are no more guilty of such popular 

 errors than many others who ought to know better. To 

 tell you the candid truth, I myself formerly used 

 the term 'animal' to designate the quadruped only ; in 

 fact I never took the trouble to enquire about it. 



