fen's cleaning lady said "the little monster destroyed his gate and then he ate this book!" i said, "observe, there are no teeth marks on this book, madam. this book was destroyed by a human animal, and i think i know why".

 and when i got home, the same book was in my box, The Great Controversy; HOW WILL IT END?
 before i could think this book was ripped in half too! there are special books i treat with special irreverence, and i knew The Great Controversy by glossy lurid cover and the satisfying rip.
this morning  i saw a small pile of them at o.p. waiting for the righteous hands of julian to dispatch them to the netherworld landfill.

it was fen who made me do it. it all started with his bid for freedom, chewing a fen-size hole in his wooden folding gate, thence being accused of book savagery. i stood up for this fierce underdog, i said, he is a lover of freedom, not a destroyer per se. he saw the territory beyond the fence and made his escape, but he could care less about The Great Controversy. that is the domain of us humans.