shorter and lighter, so that he 

 may faithfully accompany us 

 under the rays of a hotter sun. 

 Are we going up to the north? 

 His feet grow larger, the better to 

 tread the snow; his fur thickens, 

 in order that the cold may not 

 compel him to abandon us. Is 

 he intended only for us to play 

 with, to amuse the leisure of our 

 eyes, to adorn or enliven the 

 home? He clothes himself in a 

 sovereign grace and elegance, he 

 makes himself smaller than a doll 

 to sleep on our knees by the fire- 



