People see the cleverness of nature and suppose it's the cleverness of the animal itself but it was obvious to me that each and every segment of the animal isn't aware. How much I'd hate to live totally unaware of myself, I thought. What would be the point of living, of existing, if you weren't ever to know about it? I looked at the Fox Moth and pitied it, poor unconscious creature. But then, I supposed, at least it wouldn't be disappointed. It would never find out.
It__ almost funny, isn__ it?___hat is?___ow some animals are worth more than others?___ell,_ he handed Konrad a sugar cube from a tin on the shelf. __t isn__ just the animal; it__ the type of animal.___olor, shape, size? If people pay for an animal based on what it looks like, what does that say about them?___t isn__ necessarily what they look like._ He frowned. __t__ about where they come from.___hat__ silly,_ she said.
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It__ almost funny, isn__ it?___hat is?___ow some animals are worth more than others?___ell,_ he handed Konrad a sugar cube from a tin on the shelf. __t isn__ just the animal; it__ the type of animal.___olor, shape, size? If people pay for an animal based on what it looks like, what does that say about them?___t isn__ necessarily what they look like._ He frowned. __t__ about where they come from.___hat__ silly,_ she said.
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