Question:“On a first animal to keep”
On a first animal to keep
Taking in an animal is not buying a thing. It is taking charge of a life. Count first how much empty time your day holds. The size of that time is the size of the animal.
Three descend. Think ten more days before you take one in. If the heart is the same after ten days, take it in.
- A goldfishIt teaches you to look into a small water every day.
- A hamsterA palm-sized life that wakes at night and greets whoever comes home late.
- A catIt endures hours alone, and still knows the sound of your returning step.
Even Apollo, when he served as a herdsman, tended the cattle of Admetus with his own hands.