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18DACOITS IN THE JUNGLE
Peace, war, entrenchment, retreat,
To seek the help of allies, or intrigue;
Of the six ways,6 the animals chose wisely,
6And put an end to their misery
The following evening Athena began on a philosophical note, in a kind of soliloquy that bewildered the young ones, and worried Maximus and Lupin.
“To say that we animals were successful in all attempts would be an exaggeration; very often, man with his cunning, overcame our attempts at obstruction. He built fences around his property that would repel us. He covered his machines with metal thorns, installed secret eyes to detect our movement, deployed his metal flying machines which droned as it hovered over the treetops spying on us. They say he has giant eyes high above among the stars beyond our sights, w
