THE SEVENTH PRACTICE
The Way Things Are
From the film Babe:
The scene: Christmas day on the farm. The pig, cow, hens, and Ferdinand the duck crowd by the kitchen window, craning their necks to see which unfortunate one of their kind has been chosen to become the main course at dinner. On the platter is Roseanna the duck, dressed with sauce l’orange.
Duck (Ferdinand): Why Roseanna? She had such a beautiful nature. I can’t take it anymore! It’s too much for a duck. It eats away at the soul …
Cow: The only way to find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are.
Duck: The way things are stinks!
THE COW EXPRESSES an oft-repeated philosophy, while the duck, if truth be told, speaks for most of us—not only about the way ...
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