Animal Cracks

Mark Twain, American wit and prolific author, took a dim view of most of his fellow men - and was blunt in expressing it. On human gullibility, for instance, he declared: 'On of the most striking differences between a cat and lie is that a cat has only nine lives.' And on mankind's capacity for gratitude, he said: 'If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."