A Few Episodes from the Fleas’ Life
Without paying him too much attention, the Flea went on:
“I was making a fine, fine incision into the animal’s skin. Such an incision represents the biggest responsibility a flea has during his entire life. The animal’s future, its well-being depend on it. A host is completely unaware of what is happening to its body while fleas feed on its blood; therefore, we have a responsibility and a duty of care to protect it from unpleasant side-effects. This is not entirely unselfish, because our own fate depends, ultimately, on the way we handle our business on our host’s body; if we negligently cut through the skin, killer bacteria might just jump at the chance to enter the healthy organism, make it sick, infect it and, eventually, kill it. It is part of the
