They don't put up as good a fight, you see.So when the hawk goes back to his hawky mates and they say "What've you caught today?" and the hawk says "A mouse" they fall about with hawky laughter. But if he says "Hey, a kitten" they look at him with new respect.
Or some such nonsense.
(Or some such nonsense.
pxyzyzygy,
Wed 11 Jun 2003, 13:20,
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