Forget everything you know about biology and let me tell you a tale.
Imagine growing up and thinking, knowing, that you're a dog. Everyone around you is a dog. You do dog things and imagine your doggy future. Then you start to notice that there's something else but continue to maintain your dog identity.
Eventually it strikes you: “I'm a cat.” Maybe I was half cat and half dog, but nope, “I'm a kitty.” Then the realization comes that you are a cat among dogs. Do the other dogs know? After a while the hidden cat emerges to tell the dog friends. Some of them leave, some of them tell the cat it's a dog or SHOULD be a dog. Really mean, closed minded dogs will chase you, barking, up a tree. Some of them say that they have other cat friends and it's cool. Then you continue your life under your newfound feline identity.
However, you must come to grips with your former dog lifestyle. All of the feelings you had for dogs. You might question your ability to love. If you were wrong then you might be wrong now. Because you were raised a dog you did dog things-you may even have barked at a few cats. You used to do dog things, now you do cat things and view the world from a kitty perspective.
Now sometimes you still look at other dogs and wonder. What your life would have been like, what your life still could be like if you could go back. Still think occasionally of those doggy dreams. The sadest thing is that there are more dogs than cats. Being a cat is lonely. And it's a dog eat dog world out there so there is not always much love for the pointy eared and soft pawed.
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