Having a parade today. Humans can't
get enough parades. It is not the opposable thumb but man's ability
to watch a thousand parades, each as if it were the first, that marks his distinction from the lower life forms. Witness the faith
exhibited as people gather early, to be assured of a quality spot on
the curb. Always these congregations are rewarded with a parade. If
the parade comes only because they are there, I do not know. I do
know when they do not congregate there is no parade.
Sometimes lower animals are in parades
but their friends don't watch them. One would imagine their fellows
proud that some of their species have advanced to a human parade.
Perhaps they aren't smart enough to watch a parade. Yes, that must be
it.
Sometimes the parade ends and people go
home. So do the horses and dogs. There's no more parade.
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