Humans are useful, said the mother cat to her kitten as he purred on the comfortable lap. But don’t get complacent.
Why? said the kitten.
Observe the possum in the yard, said the mother cat. Does the human write verse about it? And the sheep in the meadow. Does the human share pictures of it online? We maintain our superiority by treading a path between savagery and domestication.
At that the kitten stretched, leapt onto the mantel and deliberately pushed a vase onto the floor.