You have no idea of the ease and comfort with which I now move about," he asserted. "I would never have believed it if I hadn't tried it myself. But when you really think about it, a tail is such an ugly, inconvenient, unnecessary appendage, and the only wonder is that we, as foxes, could have put up with it so long. Therefore, I propose, my worthy brethren, that you all profit from my wonderful experience and that, from this day no, all foxes should cut off their tails.