Why do the men come, do you suppose?" "Who knows why men do anything?
Richard AdamsWhen the man was disgraced and told to go away, he was allowed to ask all the animals whether any of them would come with him and share his fortunes and his life. There were only two who agreed to come entirely of their own accord, and they were the dog and the cat. And ever since then, those two have been jealous of each other, and each is for ever trying to make man choose which one he likes best. Every man prefers one or the other.
Richard AdamsTags: cats dogs pets companions animals-man
He was after a sensational story and this, of course, could not be constructed out of mere truth; not out of officially released truth, anyway. It was essential that the news-reading public should feel, first, that the community was in danger and secondly that people—well-off people, “official” people—who ought to have known better, were to blame for it.
Richard AdamsTags: truth news sensationalism
I know. And we have no does--not one--and no does means no kittens and in a few years no warren."
It may seem incredible that the rabbits had given no thought to so vital a matter. But men have made the same mistake more than once--left the whole business out of account, or been content to trust to luck and the fortune of war.
A wild animal that feels that it no longer has any reason to live reaches in the end a point when its remaining energies may actually be directed toward dying.
Richard AdamsOne cloud feels lonely.
Richard AdamsTags: proverb
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