She blinked. "Hmm? Oh, don't care. What did Anubis look like to you?"" What did.. he looked like a guy. So?""A good-looking guy, or a slobbering dog-headed guy?"" I guess.. Not the dog-headed guy."" I knew it! " Sadie pointed at me as if she'd won an argument." Good-looking. I knew it! " And with a ridiculous grin, she spun around and skipped into the house. My sister, as I may have mentioned, is a little strange. Rick Riordan
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In the classic children's story Aesop's Fables, a man sees a dog who looks just like him. On the way home, he sees a wolf who looks just like that dog. On the way home from there, he sees a fox who looks just like that dog. In fact, every animal he sees on his way home looks just like that dog.

Finally, he sees Anubis, god of mummification and embalming, who looks exactly like that dog.He asks Anubis what would make people think he looked more like a dog or a wolf or a fox or an Anubis. Anubis asks him what would make him look more like a man.

Source: The Red Pyramid

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