
“Ma’am, I’m a nonviolent vegetarian. As you know, my preference is for a marmalade sandwich. These are my brothers and sisters! We bears don’t have racism among us like you humans. My brothers and sisters are dead now. Each one turned into a silly ceremonial hat. But they were citizens of your “Commonwealth” too. Please, please stop all this bloodshed, all this trooping about of their dead bodies. There are so many alternatives these days. Just look at me. If you are truly my friend and this gesture of yours isn’t faux…”

