Let us envy only ourselves! Just ourselves! For from all living creations on earth only we are worthy of envy! Constantly suffering from miseries and difficulties, never eating enough, risking our lives every minute, we have become strong and healthy, courageous and stubborn. Is there any such thing in the world that can frighten a rat? No! Is there an illness in the world that can knock a rat off its feet. No! Is there a creature in the world that is capable in just one year of giving birth to a hundred children? No! Only a rat can give birth to 20-25 rats four times a year!
I’ve counted: from one pair over the course of four years 1,934,690 strong and healthy rats can be born. This is nearly two million!
There’s a multitude of us! Millions upon millions of us! And there is just one pro
