OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



habits as though he had appeared 

 on this earth, such as he now is, 

 at the same time as ourselves. 

 We have not to gain his confidence 

 or his friendship : he is born our 

 friend; while his eyes are still 

 closed, already he believes in us : 

 even before his birth, he has given 

 himself to man. But the word 

 "friend" does not exactly depict 

 his affectionate worship. He loves 

 us and reveres us as though we 

 had drawn him out of nothing. 

 He is, before all, our creature full 

 H 5a H 



