Father. Is thy Ruscio here an animal or a man?
Boy. An animal, as I think.
Father. What have you in you, why you should be a man and not he? You eat, drink, sleep, walk, run, play. So he does all these things also.
Boy. But I am a man.
Father. How do you know this? What have you now, more than a dog? But there is this difference that he cannot become a man. You can, if you will.
Boy. I beg of you, my father, bring this about as soon as possible.
Father. It will be done if you go where animals go, to come back men.
Boy. I will go, father, with all the pleasure in the world! But where is it?
Father. In the school.
Boy. There is no delay in me for such a great matter.