St Nicholas [serial] . a stray cat was allowed to enter theroom. It was immediately expected that pussywould devour the rat, but there was great surprisewhen the rat, instead of showing fright and run-ning away, ran toward the cat and nestled itselfunder the cats warm breast. The cat is appar-ently as fond of this white rat as she would beof her own kittens. (A cats appetite and affection are sometimescuriously intermingled; the animal she naturallyeats she sometimes continues to fondle and toregard with much love.) When they are fed, they are given pieces ofmeat cut in strings. Each one gets
St Nicholas [serial] . a stray cat was allowed to enter theroom. It was immediately expected that pussywould devour the rat, but there was great surprisewhen the rat, instead of showing fright and run-ning away, ran toward the cat and nestled itselfunder the cats warm breast. The cat is appar-ently as fond of this white rat as she would beof her own kittens. (A cats appetite and affection are sometimescuriously intermingled; the animal she naturallyeats she sometimes continues to fondle and toregard with much love.) When they are fed, they are given pieces ofmeat cut in strings. Each one gets hold of astring at either end, and they try to see whichcan eat the most of it. The cat usually wins,because she is the stronger. If the white rat is missing, the cat hunts firstin the wicker basket in which they sleep together,and then in every nook and corner, and sometimesin the cellar or attic, until she finds the rat. Pussy and the white rat have been together nowfor a little over a year, and the cat is thoroughly. PUSSY AND THE WHITE RAT HAVE BEEN TOGETHERNOW A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. responsible for this, for when stray cats comearound to the back door, she jumps ou* of hercorner, shows fight, and chases them. Arthur A. Kiewitz.
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