If it wasn't for programs like Social Security and Medicare -- the life of Zotov would be the lot for many of our elderly.
As for the old dog and the old horse -- is there anything sadder than when Zotov is walking towards the farm and turns around and discovers the animals trailing behind him? Loyalty rarely pays.
There was recently an interesting article about how dogs are treated in India. Many are left out in the streets to fend for themselves and are rabid but there is a law against putting them to sleep.
The bottom line is we are all dependent on each other.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
John Donne
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