As the world grew more modern and urbanized, it was inevitable that populations of both predators and prey, cunning carnivores and the meaty morsels they sought to eatwould end up living side-by-side, or in some cases right on top of each other. The laws and social mores--more the latter than the former--that govern this odd coexistence would probably seem baffling to anyone who had never lived in an environment with such a diversity of intelligent species, but they are the only way for lambs to

Little Jennifer shivers in the cage, although the air is very warm. One side of the open-topped enclosure is very close to the bank of candles underneath the pot. The tips of the flames are hot enough to keep the chocolate within it melted, and they radiate enough heat to remind the remaining mice uncomfortably of the many fates they've narrowly avoided: being toasted over an open fire, roasted on a grill, boiled in a pot, baked, broiled, fried, or otherwise cooked to sate the hunger of the plum