Feline Mirror Test
Once upon a time a cat prowled past a mirror. It saw a predator in the mirror; a cat that it had never seen before. It jumped back; it arched its back; it bared its fangs and claws; it hissed; it batted at the mirror. Startled by the hard glass, it ran away.
Elsewhere another cat strolled past another mirror. The little predator stared at its image and slowly blinked at itself. It groomed itself in front of itself. It twisted and turned to look at itself from curious angles. Then it rubbed its scent on the glass and strolled away, tail high.
Moral: Do as you would be done by.
Comment:
The second cat grokked human mirror wizardry, and passed the test. Not the first.
This fable, too, is a mirror.
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