It Was 1943. The U.s.

You Know How Chickens Are, Imagining The World Coming To An End One Moment, Then Pecking Corn The Next.

Llonio Said Life Was A Net For Luck; To Hevydd The Smith Life Was A Forge; And To Dwyvach The Weaver-woman A Loom. They Spoke Truly, For It Is All Of These. But You,' Taran Said, His Eyes Meeting The Potter's, 'you Have Shown Me Life Is One Thing More. It Is Clay To Be Shaped, As Raw Clay On A Potter's Wheel.

When I Was Discharged, I Attended The University Of Paris And Met A Beautiful Parisian Girl, Janine. We Soon Married And Eventually Returned To The States.

Life's A Forge - Yes, And Hammer And Anvil, Too. You'll Be Roasted, Smelted, And Pounded, And You'll Scarce Know What's Happening To You. But Stand Proudly To It. Metal's Worthless Till It Is Shaped And Tempered. More Labor Than Luck. Face The Pounding, Don't Fear The Proving; And You'll Stand Well Against Any Hammer And Anvil.

All Agreed That Quickset Was The Cleverest Cat In The World. And, Since Quickset Had The Same Opinion, It Was Surely True.