ARE YOU A DOG PERSON OR A CAT PERSON

                                       ARE YOU A DOG PERSON OR A CAT PERSON?

                                  HARRY THOMAS DANVERS

 

                    These were the elucidating words from the Cultural Affairs Officer from the American Embassy, in awarding the outstanding prize for the outstanding artist, in some corner of what might be considered a Central American existence.

                   But; what does that mean? Ostensibly the difference between a man a rat!

                   The outstanding prize, for the outstanding artist was given to a dog person, for it was a staunch rule in the American Embassy, to favor that breed of companionship. This was determined on the fact that a dog could be trained to heel, while a cat was an independent entity and most likely its companion might share the same opinion. Thus the former could be trained to heel to government rules, while the latter had to be rejected out of hand.

                  Exactly how all of this coincided with the outstanding prize for the outstanding artist, was not clarified: but it was inferred that the omniscient and omnipresent forces were also at work at dismembering the world of art, with as much deliberation as open warfare.

                 The outstanding prize, for the outstanding artist, from the outstanding country, was given with great pomp, considering the circumstance and then all the said animals then went home to roost.

                 The lesson to be learned here, was that one had to be circumspect, when asked the question: ARE YOU A DOG PERSON OR A CAT PERSON?