You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.
Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.