Where is the dog?
I ask because the books are unanimous on this point. Wax in the ears, first. Then loosen the earth around the root, tie a cord to the crown of it, tie the other end to a dog, and walk away. Call the dog. The dog comes. The dog pulls. The root comes up howling, and the howl does what the howl does, and you get your mandrake, and the county gets one fewer dog.
That is the method. That is the whole method. Nobody has improved on it in two thousand years.
So I will ask a second time, and I will not ask again.
Where is the dog?
