OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



we happen to punish him for 

 his untimely zeal, he throws us 

 a glance of astonished reproach, 

 as though to point out to us that 

 we are in the wrong and that, 

 if we lose sight of the main 

 clause in the treaty of alliance 

 which he made with us at the 

 time when we lived in caves, 

 forests and fens, he continues 

 faithful to it in spite of us and 

 remains nearer to the eternal 

 truth of life, which is full of 

 snares and hostile forces. \ 

 H 20 H 



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