I feel just as sorry for both. But nobody shoots at defenseless people,” I told the City Guard that same evening. “At least not these days,” I added. “True. We’re a law-abiding country,” confirmed the guard. He seemed good-natured and not very bright. “Its Animals show the truth about a country,” I said. “Its attitude toward Animals. If people behave brutally toward Animals, no form of democracy is ever going to help them, in fact nothing will at all.”

