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of a perch, of a basket, of a cuttlefish bone to sharpen his beak, a cow pizzle for his teeth, an old armchair to sharpen his claws. Olympia gets a mattress, tossed into one corner. Here she is. The surrounding chicken-wire recalls a tennis court, the enclosure has the same dimensions as one, in addition to innumerable bad bounces, the bungalow, the portico and the pond in the middle of the court come as no small consternation to the players. Whether sun, or wind, or an aching shoulder, any excuse will do after a bad game. Olympia makes up her mind to cross the threshold of the kennel. She hasn’t come empty-handed, and Palafox leaps onto the red rubber ball, drops it at Olympia’s feet, who throws it again, etc., things are off to a good start, leaves it at Olympia’s feet, who throws it again, etc., things are flowing, leaves it at Olympia’s feet, who stops. Palafox moans, curls up, bares his teeth, beats the ground with his hoof, all the signs are there, he’s going to charge. In these instances, the thing to do is to stay calm, whistle, play dead, proffer a treat, Olympia knows what to do. Palafox makes a few turns around the cadaver and then finally folds his wings and settles onto the treat. Olympia chose wisely. She rises, Palafox, grateful, licks her hands and face. He rubs against her legs. She pats his neck. He perches on her fist. She scratches his belly. He winds around her neck, her hips. But it would be cruel to prolong these games, and anyway Palafox wouldn’t tolerate this much longer. Olympia puts him back in the pond. So here we have acquired one more fact, we already knew him to be ferocious, but Palafox is also very playful. Maureen brings him a hoop, a ball of wool, Algernon sacrifices one of his slippers that helps him write, a slipper made worn, threadbare, shapeless by work - Everest, to risk a comparison, is more conscientious with his buskins. But Palafox prefers it to all his other playthings. He does not let go of it. Hereafter when we speak of him, you will have to imagine it not far, between his paws, between his teeth, and we will not mention it any more out of aesthetic concern, but know that it’s within eyeshot.

    You are dynamic, open, enterprising, you show a real capacity for adaptability, a real sense of responsibility, an admirable availability, a solid background in a related field, you have a methodical approach, creative and innovative, a spirited temperament, you quickly find yourself adapting and adopting a way of speaking that puts your interlocutor at ease, if Olympia hurts herself, we know whom to call. Olympia has no shortage of things to do. It’s demanding work. Daily, Palafox devours fifty kilos of feed. Olympia comes and goes between the millstone and the hayrack, laden with armloads of hay. Three times a day she brushes Palafox’s tangled coat. She must still clean up his excrement, keep a vigilant eye on the cleanliness of the litter. When he runs over, she brushes him, unsaddles him, rubs him down, rolls him in a blanket. Her four hours of freedom, she takes in two equal parts, one for her, one for her parakeet. They each therefore have four intense half-hours of alternating attention. Olympia uses the first to wash herself, the second to refill the feeder with grain and the bottle with clean water, the third to wash or mend her wash, the fourth to clean the cage, the fifth to relieve herself. The sixth half hour is gone before you know it, spent in rapturous conversation. Then, Olympia apprises herself of current events, learns the latest body count, where things unfolded, the seventh half hour. Then the last, Olympia quickly refills water and feed.
    Palafox’s washbasin is the setting for many a painful scene for all concerned. He holes himself up in the darkest corner of the bungalow as soon as Olympia, a bucket in each hand, heads for the pump, sometimes he will hide under the portico. Five trips are necessary. When the bowl is full, the chase is on, let’s