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THE LEMMING DEFENSE

A PARABLE FOR OUR TIMES


A true Lemming, a Lemming among Lem-
mings, will tell you “My father was a
Lemming, my grandfather was a Lem-
ming … I come from a long line of Lem-
mings,” for a Lemming is always proud of
his Lemming heritage.

I happened upon a Lemming hurrying to catch the crowd as they


marched over a cliff, to the sea beyond. “Why,” I yelled after him.
Impatiently, he turned his head and said “It’s simple, that’s just the way it
is … there’s nothing I can do about it” and scampered on.

© B. W. Reed (November 12th, 2010)

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