The Novel Habits of Happiness
““You saw the meerkats?” Isabel asked. “Were they lovely, darling?”
“Lots of meerkats,” said Charlie.
“So I see. And any other animals?”
“They were sleeping,” said Charlie. “Even the lions.”
“Oh well,” said Isabel. “We can get by without lions, I think.” She did not like lions, those always rather restless, discontented creatures, even when filmed in the wild. They were, of course, high-ranking felines, and, much as she liked cats, she had always felt they were intrinsically psychopathic in thei...r approach to life. They were capable of affection, but only intermittently and always on their terms. No cat, she thought, would make a sacrifice for its owner, whereas dogs did—readily and without question—and meant it too.
Stories of friendship between people and lions were dubious, in Isabel’s view. Elsa, the famous lioness of Born Free, put on a good act of being on the side of the Adamsons but would have eaten them if she had been really hungry. And had that happened, the story of Born Free might have been somewhat different.MoreLess
“Lots of meerkats,” said Charlie.
“So I see. And any other animals?”
“They were sleeping,” said Charlie. “Even the lions.”
“Oh well,” said Isabel. “We can get by without lions, I think.” She did not like lions, those always rather restless, discontented creatures, even when filmed in the wild. They were, of course, high-ranking felines, and, much as she liked cats, she had always felt they were intrinsically psychopathic in thei...r approach to life. They were capable of affection, but only intermittently and always on their terms. No cat, she thought, would make a sacrifice for its owner, whereas dogs did—readily and without question—and meant it too.
Stories of friendship between people and lions were dubious, in Isabel’s view. Elsa, the famous lioness of Born Free, put on a good act of being on the side of the Adamsons but would have eaten them if she had been really hungry. And had that happened, the story of Born Free might have been somewhat different.MoreLess
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