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   Raskolynikov to All   
   The Vegetarian Giant   
   12 Aug 23 02:17:52   
   
   From: andronicus451@gmail.com   
      
   I went up through the mountain and there was a big giant. But this one   
   was a vegetarian.   
      
   I spoke to him and asked why is he so sad.   
      
   "I am a giant, you know.", he replied, "All other giants mock me because   
   I milk my cows instead of just eating them."   
      
   He shrugged, and the mountains shook.   
      
   In the distance, a city was shaken and several buildings brought down, except   
   for the local church.   
      
   "Wow! Why did you do this? You destroyed the city! I thought you were a   
   vegetarian?"   
      
   The giant shrugged again, and there was another tremor. A building that   
   was half-moved was finally leveled. But the people were already outside   
   of this one.   
      
   "Look! You did it again! Why did you shrug again?"   
      
   "Because I wondered why I shrugged the first time, I guess."   
      
   I realised this was one of the great giants of the old. Probably the gods   
   left him because he did not harm any of the little ones, and he did not   
   seem carnivorous, so I relaxed.   
      
   The giant offered me his cheese, and it was good. The cows seemed   
   like the happy cows.   
      
   "Why don't you eat cows, like the other giants of your kind?", I asked in   
   astonishment.   
      
   The big giant smiled.   
      
   "A cow gives its own weight in cheese each year, just if you wait long enough   
   for the return! I love my cows and I couldn't eat them. Let alone eat them   
   alive ..."   
      
   I left marvelled and I proceeded to the next valley ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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