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Show AAKy GRAiwk BONNE j; CAT'S CLOTHES "It docs arauso me, me-ow, rnc-ov me-ow, me-ow, said Tommy Cat, "t hear tho fuBs th f I 1 nra"y rank , wKSfc about tho rain. h 2pl7 "Thoy don t i ftfh on,y make a fui a ) At liflli about tho rati r Xrf&)M?. but tuy tnl 'fcJiwjPO nuout whether r JlJiiv w'11 raln 0 j Mfcjffi M Is whether It won't i T U 3 wi sBf "They ask eac s ' I 1' iHiat other what the f I m&wW w111 wenr u thc I I I -L VvT 80 out 01,(1 " , Jf iw what should the , tu. f wcnr nntl 08 lt ' LAyttrq,, '( raining wbn j would bo best fc t "They Ask Each them to wear, an r Other." all such qucs r tlons. "Now, I wns out tho other day I the rain and when I came home agal j I sat down under the kitchen stov and dried myself. 1 "But tho other members of tho fan t Ily came homo and what did they d c but hurry to the bathroom and tak t hot baths In turn and then they pi , on fresh, dry clothes nnd hung thel I other clothes out to dry back of th . stove. t "Of course I don't llko' hot baths. . don't like baths at nil except my ow , licking kind. t "I don't chnngc my clothes becaus . I can't In tho first place. "My clothes aro all fast to me. Thc t won't como off. Now nnd ngaln I'i given n ribbon which will come off, c I a collar which will como off, but ni handsome fur suit will not como off. "So you cAn seo how nbsurd - sounds to ray cat ears when I her 1 them making such n fuss over gettln wet nnd changing their clothes. "It is truo I don't go out much I thc rain. I'm not very fond of It nn ' I don't like to get caught ln It "But even If I go out when it I raining nnd hnvo made up ray cs ' mind to do such n thing I don't g scrambling about after an umbrella. "l'ou never heard of a cat forgettln to return nn umbrella, did you? "No I Of course ono renion. pcrhnpt Is because a cat has never borrowci an umbrellu. "But wo wouldn't bother about sucl n thing. Fancy n cat going along wltl an umbrella held up by ono of Its fou paws. "Wouldn't that bo a silly sight' "We'd be thought quite crazy If w did anything like that and we wouldn'i be thought crazy for anything. "I'crhnps I should not blamo pcoph too much for making such a fuss nboui changing their clothes. "If they don't change their clothe rjht away thoy get most frlghtfu colds. "Even If they sat down before 01 ..undor the stovo as I do they would stll catch colds. "I've always noticed that that hap pened If they didn't change theli clothes nt onco. "They begin to snooze und blow theli noses and cough la no time at all. "And I don't catch cold. A cai doesn't catch cold llko that, but titer a cat doesn't run many chances o catching cold. "A cat takes good enro of hlmscl; and thinks of his comfort and of lili henlth mid of bis happiness. v v "Oh. d e a r. .UBSgR; though, how I do nfC smile to myself wVfftn 1 nnd how my whls- X--V?'V r7 Iters do twitch uA with amusement xf V) when I think of Ji what a cnt would jvC v--?J be like rushing ln MWj.SJ U and acting us peo- , pie do after they 1 pfT 1 have been out ln IVvj3(j- tho ruin. 2Pa3&I "And, too, when xysgsw. I think of whnt f?tZir$aest would happen If -V-fyja" " cats went about me-owlng to each ' "Wouldn't Tha other nbqut what Bo a Silly Sight.1 they should wear In case It ruined nnd If It wns gofn to rnln nnd If they'd daro wear thel host bonnet because thero wan u bine cloud In tho sky. "Oh, yes, 1 smile many n time whe I think of what would happen If , did nil the funny things .n'oplo do. "Wouldn't they think wo were queer And yet wo don't laugh at thorn. W only smile quietly to ourselves as w sit under stoves nnd think of thes strange ways they havo I "That Is what wo do, me-ow, me-ov p-u-r-r, p-u-r-r." |