Forget the past that set you free?
In the story Black Rabbit of Inlè, El-ahrairah returns home after a long time, but things have changed. When he asks some young men about the war, they laugh at him. The war? What war? After, when El-ahrairah talks to God (Frith), he says:
«I am not angry. But I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who does not know when a gift has made him safe is poorer than a slug, even though he may think otherwise himself.»
So too, sometimes we forget those who fought for us and we take our freedom for granted. But is it?
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