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It is of course perfectly natural to assume that everyone else is
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having a far more exciting time than you. Human beings, for instance,
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have a phrase that describes this phenomenon, ‘The other man’s grass
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is always greener.’
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The Shaltanac race of Broopkidren 13 had a similar phrase, but since
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their planet is somewhat eccentric, botanically speaking, the best they
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could manage was, ‘The other Shaltanac's joopleberry shrub is always a
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more mauvy shade of pinky-russet.’ And so the expression soon fell into
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disuse, and the Shaltanacs had little option but to become terribly
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happy and contented with their lot, much to the surprise of everyone
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else in the Galaxy who had not realized that the best way not to be
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unhappy is not to have a word for it.
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