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RECAP There is an ancient story that has been retold several times. The general theme of the story goes like this: A child of royalty, power or wealth essentially has no rights under the guardianship of their parents and waits until he or she receives their inheritance at the proper time. Several modern movies are adaptations of this story. Indulge me a bit as I make my adaptation of this story. Let’s pretend for a second that I’m an alien observing your family, but I can’t hear anything. I can only see how your families interact from my spaceship. I notice that your parent’s clothe you, give you water to bathe with, give you a place to sleep, feed you, hug you, take you to sports for fun and exercise, get you haircuts and buy you toys. I also notice this fury little thing that looks nothing like you and yet your parents treat it the same way. This creature has fur so he doesn’t need clothes and yet your parents buy him sweaters.                            They groom him with exotic haircuts that cost more than yours. Your parent’s bathe this fury thing and give it a little house to sleep in.