even the biggest bones. It is fearful to think of. The hyena is a relative of the wolf and the wolf is kin to the dog. The other day Chao's dog eyed me several times, which proves that it is also in the plot.
The old man could not deceive me though he kept his eyes on the ground.
The most despicable of all is my elder brother. Why is it that though a human being himself, he has not the least fear of man-eating, but is, on the contrary, conspiring to eat me? Is it because he is used to it and does not realize that it is wrong, or is it because he has lost his conscience and would knowingly commit a wrong?
I shall begin with him in cursing man-eating men; I shall also begin with him in converting man-eating men from their wicked ways.
8.
But they must know these things already . . .
One day a man came to me. He was about twenty years old. His features were somewhat indistinct. He smiled and nodded to me, but his smile was not natural. I asked him, "Is it right to eat human beings?" He said, still smiling, "This is not a year of famine, how could such a thing occur?" I realized immediately that he was also of the same gang, that he also liked to eat human flesh. I became a hundred times bolder and insisted:
"But is it right?"
"What's the use of asking such a question? You certainly can say the strangest things . . . Nice weather we are having today."
The weather was nice and the moon very bright, but I insisted: "But is it right?"
