competition_and_the_cat daf There was a cat who woke one morning on the cold, shadowy side of the house where he lived. Looking down the long hallway to the other end of the house, he thought he spied the first solid bands of sunlight sneaking through the curtains there and, wanting to warm his bones, he decided to investigate. Heading down the long hallway to the other end of the house, the cat passed a large aquarium with a single fish in it. By a small coincidence, the fish had reached the side of the tank, and was turning around to head to the other end, at the exact moment that the cat began to walk past. Seeing this, the cat imagined that the fish was trying to race him. Well the feline was sure he could beat the fish, so he picked up his pace ever so slightly and trotted down the hallway to the other end of the aquarium. Sure enough, the fish was easily bested and the cat, giddy with victory, began to laugh and point at the fish. "You're no match for me little fishy!", the cat taunted, and began to dance a silly dance which occurred to him. The fish reached the opposite end of the tank from where it had started and, as was its habit, turned around and started swimming the other way. When he saw this, the cat stopped his dancing and fell to the ground rolling with laughter. "Persistent little thing, aren't you?", he mocked, then quickly ran the length of the aquarium. "Ha! Again you lose!" he sneered at the fish, "Why don't you give up? I could do this all day long!" But the fish paid him no mind. When it reached the end of the tank, it simply turned around and started swimming the other way. Irked with pride, the cat, DID race the fish back and forth all day, until long after the sun had gone down. Finally exhausted, he laid back down in the shadows and went to sleep. "Pay no heed to the progress of others, lest you lose sight of your own." 101012 ... ngngghnn ngdfb s fsdfasdasdfdf h rt yeryhhgxfr fhf fuhcn h dchnghn fn fghg xdhxghfhfxdhhfxghgh 101012 ... . 101012 ... . . 101012 what's it to you? who go blather from