Dog

Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog


ONE moonlight night a Fox was prowling about a farmer’s hencoop, and saw a Cock roosting high up beyond his reach. “Good news, good news!” he cried.

“Why, what is that?” said the Cock.

“King Lion has declared a universal truce. No beast may hurt a bird henceforth, but all shall dwell together in brotherly friendship.”

“Why, that is good news,” said the Cock; “and there I see some one coming, with whom we can share the good tidings.” And so saying he craned his neck forward and looked afar off.

“What is it you see?” said the Fox.

“It is only my master’s Dog that is coming towards us. What, going so soon?” he continued, as the Fox began to turn away as soon as he had heard the news. “Will you not stop and congratulate the Dog on the reign of universal peace?”

“I would gladly do so,” said the Fox, “but I fear he may not have heard of King Lion’s decree.”

“CUNNING OFTEN OUTWITS ITSELF.”

I once had a dog. He was a border collie named »Nip«. He loved to herd anything: sheep, cows, small children, you name it. Once he got bitten by a rattlesnake. His head swelled up like a football for a couple of days, but he was right as rain after that.

Vidalia in his pocket, Frank Leigh Deary walks on down the Lost Highway. If the dust weren't so thick, he'd hum. But the Highway's full of dust today. His mother would have said, today is
dry as an old bone buried in the junkyard.
It is a dog day.

Frank Leigh Deary daydreams harmonicas, wiggles
his fingers over imagined gap-toothed instruments,
wishes for a partner with a ukelele.

Dog is man's best friend. But some dogs bite the hand that feeds them. These are presumably ungrateful dogs. Bad luck 'dogs' the unlucky. But if you're lucky, you're a lucky dog!

There is a book called 'Man bites dog', which is probably closer to the truth than dog bites man.

A few nights ago wakefield and i saw a ghost dog.
I wouldn't have noticed him because it was dark and he was pretty still.
wakefield saw him and showed him to me.
He very calmy looked right into our souls.
Wakefield sat down and didn't make a sound.
The ghost dog was a beautiful male yellow cur.
After a short time he looked away and walked out of the yard.
Wakefield looked at me and we went home.

it has been postured that perhaps dog domesticated man. early man might have followed packs of wolves hoping for meat left over from the kill. after being around dogs all my life and wolves in several instances, i believe that this theory is more plausible.

the difference between dogs and cats: you feed and care for a dog and he thinks you are a god; you feed and care for a cat and he thinks he is a god.

A dyslexic agnostic insomniac is someone who stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog.

That bitch will eat a live dog like a Goddamned ear of corn!