Recently, the UK-based daily Independent critiqued the Prime Minister as Sonia Gandhi's poodle. This news reached poodles all over the country and gathered enthusiastically in a city corner to assess the situation. The proceedings of the gathering went like this:

The leader of the poodles started the meeting by saying, "This is a historic moment for us. At last our services to the mankind have been recognised and we have been compared to the Prime Minister, the highest position in the government. We should be proud of it and it is time to celebrate. Gone are the days of we being used as pets and toys. Now we are considered as a breed that can rule the whole country! Let us not allow this opportunity slip out of our hand and let us make the most of it."

"Yes, we should declare this momentous occasion as Poodle Day and every year we should celebrate this day by gathering here. We should honour the editor of that newspaper too," said a poodle sitting in the front row.

It was supported by another poodle, perhaps belonging to a leftist leader, "It should be declared as a national holiday. We should all sit together and prepare a list of demands and present it to the PM who I bet will readily accept."

"We should be declared as national animal and replace the tiger," roared a toy poodle.

"We should all unite and fight together against cruelty being unleashed on us by these men." "They are not even allowing us to bark whenever we want. I have forgotten when I had last barked!" said another poodle with little angst.

"They are not allowing me to run just because my master cannot run. Because of that I am starting to put on weight," said a fat poodle.

"They want to finish off our breed. They are encouraging cross breeds and for them smaller the better. Look at our size—it is becoming smaller and smaller generation after generation - miniature size, toy size and teacup. At this rate we are going to become extinct one day," roared another poodle.

After listening to all these comments, an old poodle sitting in a corner uttered, "It is disgusting! It is not that we have been compared to the PM and, in fact, it is other way round. Instead of protesting against this insult heaped on us we are celebrating and congratulating each other. It is shame on us and we should protest against this."

All the poodles went into a huddle and started deliberating in a hushed voice. At last they realised their mistake and decided to take a morcha against the newspaper in the national capital.

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