space; to convince yourself that 

 it is vain to pursue birds who fly 

 away and that you are unable to 

 clamber up trees after the cats 

 who defy you there; to distin- 

 guish between the sunny spots 

 where it is delicious to sleep and 

 the patches of shade in which 

 you shiver ; to remark with stupe- 

 faction that the rain does not fall 

 inside the houses, that water is 

 cold, uninhabitable and danger- 

 ous, while fire is beneficent at a 

 distance, but terrible when you 

 come too near; to observe that 



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