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OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



miscuously a thousand urgent 

 and curious observations. It was 

 necessary, for instance, with no 

 other guide than pain, to learn 

 to calculate the height of objects 

 from the top of which you can 

 jump into 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 distinguish between the sunny 

 spots where it is delicious to 

 sleep and the patches of shade 



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