. My garden neighbors; true stories of nature's children . he man when hegave him this sort of invitation. But it wasalso now a habit with the kitten to keep en-tirely outside of the sitting-room. Thus thepoor creature found himself in a strait be-twixt the two, and knew not what to do. Con-sequently, Kitten-cat made quite a demon-stration, yovvTd, moved about nervously,yowed again, looked yearningly at the man,and finally made one or two steps inside. Just at this critical moment, the cat caughtsight of the mans sister, who was interestedlywatching the whole affair. He looked at thewoman, and
. My garden neighbors; true stories of nature's children . he man when hegave him this sort of invitation. But it wasalso now a habit with the kitten to keep en-tirely outside of the sitting-room. Thus thepoor creature found himself in a strait be-twixt the two, and knew not what to do. Con-sequently, Kitten-cat made quite a demon-stration, yovvTd, moved about nervously,yowed again, looked yearningly at the man,and finally made one or two steps inside. Just at this critical moment, the cat caughtsight of the mans sister, who was interestedlywatching the whole affair. He looked at thewoman, and the woman looked at him. Itwas enough, for he went back and sat down in the doorwav as before. ■J But there was the man, still stooping andcoaxing him to come. So, casting reflectionand caution to the winds, he walked straightacross to the man, allowed his caresses, rubbedagainst him down one side and back the other,and went back to the doorway, and sat downas at first. Pleased with his victory, the man kepton coaxing. Then of the spectators 119. FLICKER A DISTURBER OF THE PEACE laughed, and, apparently offended at every-body, Kitten-cat whirled about and walkedaway to the kitchen. In time, the cat learned to stand erect onits hind legs and walk half way across theroom when promised something to eat. Itwould stand on its hind legs and paw a mor-sel of food out of the closed fist of the it first learned to play, it did not seemto know how sharp were its claws and teeth;but in a little while it managed someway tolearn that its claws must always be kept wellup in their natural cushions and that its teethmust always be used with moderation. One thing made it very easy to correct thecat, because it was so timid. A little scolding,a few slaps of the hand, were always amplysufficient to subdue it. It made not the slight-est attempts at resistance after that. His timidity and love of peace were whatalways won the battle with him in every first time a dog came
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