An Invitation故事

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An Invitation故事
            A PIOUS Person who had overcharged his paunch with dead bird by way
            of attesting his gratitude for escaping the many calamities which
            Heaven had sent upon others, fell asleep at table and dreamed.  He
            thought he lived in a country where turkeys were the ruling class,
            and every year they held a feast to manifest their sense of
            Heaven's goodness in sparing their lives to kill them later.  One
            day, about a week before one of these feasts, he met the Supreme
            Gobbler, who said:
            "You will please get yourself into good condition for the
            Thanksgiving dinner."
            "Yes, your Excellency," replied the Pious Person, delighted, "I
            shall come hungry, I assure you.  It is no small privilege to dine
            with your Excellency."
            The Supreme Gobbler eyed him for a moment in silence; then he said:
            "As one of the lower domestic animals, you cannot be expected to
            know much, but you might know something.  Since you do not, you
            will permit me to point out that being asked to dinner is one
            thing; being asked to dine is another and a different thing."
            With this significant remark the Supreme Gobbler left him, and
            thenceforward the Pious Person dreamed of himself as white meat and
            dark until rudely awakened by decapitation.