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I gave him the whole wilderness to roam in, the rolling plains and wide-open places.
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He laughs at his city cousins, who are harnessed and harried. He's oblivious to the cries of teamsters.
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He grazes freely through the hills, nibbling anything that's green.
9
"Will the wild buffalo condescend to serve you, volunteer to spend the night in your barn?
10
Can you imagine hitching your plow to a buffalo and getting him to till your fields?
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He's hugely strong, yes, but could you trust him, would you dare turn the job over to him?
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You wouldn't for a minute depend on him, would you, to do what you said when you said it?
13
"The ostrich flaps her wings futilely - all those beautiful feathers, but useless!
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She lays her eggs on the hard ground, leaves them there in the dirt, exposed to the weather,
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Not caring that they might get stepped on and cracked or trampled by some wild animal.
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She's negligent with her young, as if they weren't even hers. She cares nothing about anything.