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me far more than the truth that I had sought. I 
discovered and eventually acquired Bruno, as 
entertaining and surprising a pet as man ever 
possessed; but my greatest discovery was an 
unusual example of compassion that I like to believe 
reveals the natural, untutored kindness of the 
human heart —a discovery that is refreshing in 
an age that has had its fill of hatred and bitterness. 
THE END 
