Cats and Dogs

It is rumored that the following chapter of the Book of Genesis was edited out of later versions. If authentic, it would shed light on the question, "Where do pets come from?"

And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me."

And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.

And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."

And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."

And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.

After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility."

And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not always worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT (Companion for Adam's Teaching) to be a companion to Adam.

And Cat would not obey Adam.

And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he was not the supreme being.

And Adam learned humility.

And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved.



And Cat did not care one way or the other

Vs 2 Yet lo did Dog care for it was his nature. Being a reflection of God he knew to beware of false Idles, though being created of little brain Dog was confused.
He saw the idleing of Cat as false and serving no purpose. "How can I bring purpose into teh life of Cat" thought Dog. "For all I see Adam learning from Cat is distain for physical activity and a need to sleep most of the time. I teach him to walk, to exercise and this is being neglected."

Dog pondered long on this.

In the spirit of friendship and love of Adam he spoke to Cat about his problem.

Cat did not care.

With this Dog got angry and barked at Cat and this was good.

Cat ran from the barking of Dog who thought "Now he learns to exercise and it is my duty to see he does not become a fat Cat."

So Dog chased Cat and it was good.

I like Vs 2