OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



ence and to practise to take no 

 notice of them, saying to your- 

 self that here are objects which 

 are probably sacred, since merely 

 to skim them with the tip of a 

 respectful tongue is enough to 

 let loose the unanimous anger of 

 all the gods of the house. 



And then, what is one to think 

 of the table on which so many 

 things happen that cannot be 

 guessed; of the derisive chairs 

 on which one is forbidden to 

 sleep; of the plates and dishes 

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