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Gather presents, boxes, paper, etc. in middle of living room floor. Get tape back from puppy. Remove scissors from older dog's mouth. Open box. Take puppy out of box. Remove tape from older dog's mouth. Take scissors away from puppy. Put present in box. Remove present from puppy's mouth. Put back in box after removing puppy from box. Take scissors from older dog & sit on them. Remove puppy from box & put on lid. Take tape away from older dog. Unroll paper. Anyone could lick a child all over as if it were a puppy or a kitten—but where had that thought come from? What a strange thing to come into her mind! And anyone could clutch at a child and mark its features: “This nose is mine, and that his, and that my mother’s, and that his father’s ...” Anybody, even a horse or a dog, could calculate streams of inheritance in that way. And all that was pleasant enough, and of course no one would refuse the delights of watching for the appearance of this or that trait in a child. But that was not even the half of it ... one might not, most definitely could not, say of a child, “mine, mine,” or “ours, ours,”Mmeaning, only, parenthood. For what was real and fine and precious in this new being was in relation only with ... somewhere else ... Take puppy OFF box. Cut paper being careful not to cut puppy's foot or nose that is getting in the way as it "helps". Let puppy tear remaining paper. Take puppy off box. Wrap paper around box. Remove puppy from box & take wrapping paper from its mouth. Tell older dog to fetch the tape so he will stop stealing it. Take scissors away from puppy. Take tape older dog is holding. Quickly tape one spot before taking scissors from older dog & sitting on them again. Fend off puppy trying to steal tape & tape another spot. Take bow from older dog. Go get roll of wrapping paper puppy ran off with. Take scissors from older dog who took them when you got up. Give pen to older dog to hold so he stops licking your face. Remove puppy from present & hurriedly slap tape on to hold the paper on. Take now soggy bow from puppy & tape on since the sticky stuff no longer sticks. Why does not the kitten betray some of the attributes common to the adult puss? A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense. We never hear our friends say they love puppies, but cannot bear dogs. A kitten is a thing apart; and many people who lack the discriminating enthusiasm for cats, who regard these beautiful beasts with aversion and mistrust, are won over easily, and cajoled out of their prejudices, by the deceitful wiles of kittenhood. Take pen from older dog, address tag & affix while puppy tries to eat pen. Grab present before puppy opens it & put it away. Clean up mess puppy & older dog made playing tug-of-war with remnants of wrapping paper. Put away rest of wrapping supplies & tell dogs what good helpers they are. Found on the Internet author unknown Commitment, Firmness, but kindness.
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
—Agnes Repplier (1858–1950)
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