* Reply to msg originally in MEMORIES -Nostalgia Forum
Saw this originally over in "Memories" but thought you'd enjoy it here.
If at first it seems off topic, bear with and read through to the end
While tripping merrily through the mail, Joe Nicholson  was overheard
 JN> @MSGID: 1:202/911 a98eba0c
 It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was
 discovered in the Dead Seal Scrolls.  If authentic, it would shed
 light on the question, "Where do pets come from?"
 And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me
 everyday. Now I do not see you anymore.  I am lonesome here and it is
 difficult for me to remember how much you love me."
 And God said, "No problem!  I will create a companion for you that
 will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for
 you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. 
 Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this
 new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in
 spite of yourself."
 And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a
 good animal.  And God was pleased.
 And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his
 tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals
 in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of
 a name for this new animal."
 And God said, "No problem!  Because I have created this new animal to
 be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of
 my own name, and you will call him DOG."
 And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. 
 And Adam was comforted.  And God was pleased. And Dog was content and
 wagged his tail.
 After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the
 Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts
 and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration.
 Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him
 humility." 
 And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who
 will be with him forever and who will see him as he is.  The
 companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he
 is not worthy of adoration."
 And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam.  And Cat would not
 obey Adam.
 And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he was not
 the supreme being. And Adam learned humility.
 And God was pleased.  And Adam was greatly improved.
 And Cat did not care one way or the other.
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Don
... Cats took thousands of years to semi-domesticate humans.
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