OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



a little curiously without taking 

 offence, but who keep their real 

 thoughts to themselves. It was 

 necessary to learn, as the result 

 of painful and humiliating ex- 

 periment, that you are not at 

 liberty to obey all nature's laws 

 without distinction in the dwell- 

 ing of the gods ; to recognize that 

 the kitchen is the privileged and 

 most agreeable spot in that divine 

 dwelling, although you are hardly 

 allowed to abide in it because of 

 the cook, who is a considerable, 



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