But there’s a joke buried in our wonderment: we all anthropomorphize our pets, finding spirit, even conscience, in beautiful collies, in cool, blue-eyed Siamese cats, in potbellied pigs.

在我们惊叹于它的灵活的背后却有些讽刺：我们都将宠物拟人化——我们在漂亮的牧羊犬，蓝眼睛的暹罗猫，胖肚皮的小猪身上寻找某种精神，甚至是良心，而不是在人群中感受到这些。

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His blue eyes still twinkle when he tells a joke, his cowboy boots are worn from wear, and his grin remains toothless.

他讲笑话时他的蓝眼珠里依然有灵光闪现，他的牛仔靴穿得很旧了，他的咧嘴笑的时候还是不露牙齿。

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Locals joke that Yemeni trees are actually blue and red, the color of the plastic bags that you get when you buy qat, a mildly narcotic leaf, and the Yemeni national past time.

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