July 8, 2014 – At our parade – Did Perla feel I made her do what she did not want to do by being put on stage, so to speak? – I think the attention and atmosphere of the parade (stage) was to her liking – at least I hope she did not feel it was an indignity. Herman Melville, author of Mobby Dick, wrote: (The).. “special halo about a horse should forever exempt him from indignities.”