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shorter and lighter, so that he 

 may faithfully accompany us 

 under the rays of a hotter sun. 

 Are we going up to the north? 

 His feet grow larger, the better to 

 tread the snow; his fur thickens, 

 in order that the cold may not 

 compel him to abandon us* Is 

 he intended only for us to play 

 with, to amuse the leisure of our 

 eyes, to adorn or enliven the 

 home? He clothes himself in a 

 sovereign grace and elegance, he 

 makes himself smaller than a doll 

 to sleep on our knees by the fire- 





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