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57 the fat woman and the terrier A TERRIER WAS OFTEN taken for a walk by his mistress, a large woman, and as they went down the street, with the terrier tugging at his leash and the fat woman panting a few steps behind, the dog got the idea that he was pulling his mistress along. Sometimes she would stop and talk with a friend, and the terrier, thinking she had broken down on the sidewalk , would pull with such force that his leash was as [ 108 ] taut as a violin string. "I declare," said the woman laughing a little, "I never saw such a dog for pulling a body along." One day as the terrier lay on the window ledge, some other dogs came up. They wanted him to play with them in the street, but he refused. "I'd like to, but I can't," he said. "I've got to take her walking in a few minutes." "She doesn't need you when she goes walking," said the other dogs. "Where did you get such an idea?" The terrier said, "Oh, yes she does need mel She gets stuck, and there's nobody who can pull her along like ~ can." The other dogs said, "Slip out of your collar the next time you two go walking, and you'll see that your mistress can get along better without you than with you." The terrier did what the others suggested, and to his surprise he saw that they were right. Afterwards he wouldn't go out at all, but lay all day with his nose betw"een his paws. "Why did they show me how unimportant I am?" he asked. "Why did they destroy my one reason for living?" [ 109 ] ...

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