“teach me, master, how I am to act. For my neighbour is desirous of my favourite dog. If I give him my pet, my heart will break from sorrow. If, though, I do not give it, I shall be downhearted, for I shall pain my neighbour through my refusal. What to do?” “Do you have,” asked the prophet, “something you love less than your pet dog?” “I have, master,” the pupil replied, “an impish cat, a tiresome pest. And I love him not at all.” And thus spake the prophet Lebioda: “Take that impish cat, that tiresome pest, and give it to your neighbour. Then you will know happiness. You will be rid of the
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