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88 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1915
✦"No matter how much Blumfeld would love to have a dog right now, he'd still climb the stairs by himself for the next thirty years rather than have an old dog who will bore him out and breathe louder than him as it dragged itself from one stair to another.
That's right. Blumfeld will stay alone after all; it's not like he's got quirks of an old unmarried sitter, who wishes to have a subjugated live creature next to her, which she can protect, with which she can be gentle with, a creature that she wishes to constantly serve, so therefore, for this goal a cat, canary or even a goldfish would be enough. And if she can't have any of that, she'd be happy with flowers on the windowsill. Blumfeld, however, only wishes to have a companion, an animal he doesn't have to take too much care of, animal which wouldn't mind occasionally receiving a kick, animal which could sleep on the streets during the time of distress, but an animal which would, if Blumfeld asked it to, readily bark, jump or lick hands right away."
