(961 Prana Kare A Crossbreed (A Sport] [nave catous animal hake, hal lamb Te alec from ny fate, Bat een developed in my time; formerly 3 fa Inoce lanb than kes, Now iti Hoth in aboor eyo pars From te cat ittakes head and claws, fom she lamb i sie tnd shapes [rom bot ts eyes, which are wd and Bickerng its tats, wich is sof iying clos ots body, is movement, which pore both of sipping and linking. Lying on the window sl the sam it euris ep in bal and purty oot inthe endow i Feshes aout ike mad andi searely to be exo, Te Bes from Cars and akes to aac lambs. On moonlight nigh is Favor promenie i along the eaves Te cannot new ani lates rts Beside the hen coop ean fe for hours in ambush but as never yeseized an opporonity for murder. 1 fad onl hase toa it bes. nog denoghs socks te milk in through is fanglike teeth, Navrlly iis « fret source of entertainment for children. Sunday morning i the vising hour Ii withthe litle Beas on my Kees, and the Chideen of she whole neighborhood sand around me “Then the ranges qoetona ae asked, which no hua beng could saswer, Why there only one sch anima, why Tether than anybody ese should own whether there was ever 302 Il like it before and wha wold happen i i died, whether i Fels lonely, why i has no chile, wht scaled ee Tere Couble to answer, bu confine myself withoe Forther explanation eo exhibiting my gosesion. Sometimes the eilren fring cus wih them; once they atally brought evo lambs. Buc agains all teir hopes there was no sine of recogition. "The anal gazed calmly at each other with thei animal eyes, tnd obviously aceeped ther eecipoca exience a vine fat ‘Seong ony knees the bess knows neither fer nor lost of rit Presed aginst me ie happiest remains faithful co Ihe family thee Brough up. Inthe there is ceinly noe crrdimaty mark of fel, bot merely the te instr ofan ‘Tue Suonten Sronies ler) animal which thoogh chs cous steprcation in the word fas perhaps noc» single blood! cetion, and to wits conse gue te protection has ound wih ware Sometine 1 ence belp ughing when sis around me and winds ft beoween my leg and simply oll ot be parted mn. No conc wih eng an and x ooo on bing «dogs wal. Once wit, ony bappn a eayone ould no Way ut of my bins problem td al ht they Stree, and wis ey t teething gor ad inthis mood avs Wyng in ny sockig ch iy tomy te Deon 7 nes, I happened co glance down and sw es roping foc is hage whisker, Were they min, or were they che annals? Had ths x, ing with che sul of lab he abso of 2 human being? Tl nein mach rom my far, Dt thi legacy gue ronal, Teas he elem of both beans, that of he eat nd that of the lam, divene ar they are. For tha eon skin fede too gh for. Someries jumps op onthe aha ble me plas i fone legs on my soul, nd pris mle ro my {Sr isos were ying something to he nd ea ater of inet cares hand atrard and gues nny face to sete impreion is commenicton hr made, And to blige i b- have sit had understood aod ad. Then jump ote for fd dane aboot with oy erhap the bniflof he butcher would be ele fo isan ral but ane oars deny hat Soest wot the brat volun Teves boy, ven choogh sommes ress arte with look of hun enderandng halleging ne fod the hing of whch bh of sare thinking Trane by Wile ana Btn Ma The Cares of a Family Man Sonte say the word Odradk of Savoie origin snd ty to a6- count for on tht bas: Ochre again bleve i tobe of Ges[a0] raw KarKa See Fn oe as alows one eo asune with jmice tht pct ne ye eee emer olar ca tind He = fa sarap is wo be ee they ae only ld, see) oh ha pci on an eo a ee fete eoree tena pin ort eek Se cree rn cr te ef i oes tee ce ot of he dot snd he appt so be aning Sey sSegmolt cate a im OF cous, you pn ii a er he Dane Sie your aa” you ask him. “Odradek,” . th rents sen 7 Tne Snontex Sronres Lo) 1 ask myself, to no porpose, whet is likely to happen to him? Can he possibly die? Anything that dies has had some kind of sm in life, some kind of actviey, which has worn out; but that does nat apply to Odradek. Am Ito suppese, then that he will always be rolling down the stairs, with ends of thread criling after him, right before the feet of my children, and my chile dren's children? He does no harm to anyone thst one can see; br the idea that he is likely to survive me I find almost painful Translated by Willa and Edesin Muir A Common Confusion AccomMon expenieNce, resulting in a common confusion. A. ‘nas o transac important business with B. in H. He goes to H. for 4 preliminary interview, accomplishes the journey there in ten ‘minutes, and the journey back inthe same time, and on returning boasts co his family of his expedition. Next day he goes again to HL, this time to settle his business fnally. As that by all ppear- ances will require several hours, A. leaves very carly in the morn ing. But although all the surrounding circamstances, at least in ‘A. estimation, are exactly the same asthe day before, his time it takes him ten hours co reach H. When he arrives there quite ex- hausted in the evening he is informed that B, annoyed at his 2b- sence, had lef half an hour before to go to A's village, and that they must have passed exch other on the road. A. i advised to wait But in his ansiety about his busines he sets off at once and huseies home. ‘This time he covers the distance, without paying any partiew- lar attention to the fac, practically in an instant. At home he learns that B. had arrived quite early, immediately after As de- parture, indeed chae he had met A. onthe threshold and reminded him of kis business; bur A. had replied char he had no time to spare, he must goat once. ‘Tn spite of this incomprehensible behavior of A., however, B