Have you ever seen a dog proudly carrying a big stick it has been playing with ? The dog will carry on happy as Larry with his stick just carrying it around like a trophy. Then one day the dog has to try and get through a gate or a doorway with the stick. So what does it do? Of course dogs are very intelligent creatures, capable of showing real measurable intelligence and also emotion.
So with all this intelligence you would think it shouldnt be too hard for a dog to get through the gateway with the stick, after all there may be many gateways as it enjoys its walk. So the dog just goes up to the gateway with the big stick held horizontally in its mouth and of course the gateway isnt as wide as the stick but that doesnt stop the dog trying - oh no in fact it makes the dog just keep trying, and every time it tries the stick stops the dog from going through the gate. Again and again it tries, the horizontal stick always catching the sides of the gateway. Sometimes the dog might even hurt itself, it will just keep banging the stick across the gateway but it still tries and tries and tries.
What the dog doesnt know is that, all it has to do instead of banging itself against the gateway, is to simply turn its head to the side a little, it doesnt take much effort or thought and then it can get through the gateway and enjoy the rest of its walk, because it might be dark soon and then there wil be no more walking for it.
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