Show 2 stones the cat in the va by lion s gage i elizabeth langsdorf Lanys dorf Se eai SAM was the grossest lloa in OLD the zoo until the tramp cat becan visiting his cage even the animals bared in when tone morning a halt starved feline crowded through the bars and walking up to tha ot meat walh sam had let from his breakfast made a meal off CAM WATCHING THE CAT them sam roared menacingly but th cat only looked up never to atey eating sam sat in the corner of hla cage aad blinked anxiously at the intruder when h had finished the meat the little waif calmly washed bis face with h thin paw making at the same time R furtive scrutiny ot the owner of the case when the newcomer had cleansed his estby coat with a rough ellke and had adjusted his long sen white whiskers with the utmost he remarked in a low pur ilko the lions own only ly co trone 1 I ase we are related friend why Is it that they keep you cooped zip here the lion was too amazed to answer nd the across the way shuddered as she eald to her mate in a minute the lion cobbles down that por mite but the lion did ot the sort like many other imperious areat pcr bona the lion had always been bored al moat to death and th impertinent cat him acute amusement ahro be gro Tiled presently some ihloff like a grin dis tending his hug hugo o jaws and displaying his tew remaining teeth 1 I knew it the cat mewed triumphantly ph antly there your teeth ae just like mine two sharp ones on the front of each law tor cutting your meat a one on each side 0 each jaw for tearing and our grinders behma the lion was so amazed that be raised one paw to tee hs jaw and our paws are alike you have five boea on your front paws and ill bet a mouse there are four toes on the rear paws the lion lowered his head and stared he drew a paw over the floor of the cage uneasily and one of his claws was disclosed aa and you can keep your claws sheathed when you like and stick cm out when you eel like it say or instance it a bad boy is chasing you the lion had never been chased by a bad boy did any one ever step on your tall abo cat inquired insinuatingly no no roared the old lion in indignant protest well youre in luck the cat went on they have on mine and I 1 just tell you it hurts do you know what our tails are I 1 used to snooze in a doc I 1 NEVEK tors area and I 1 know tails are noth ans but long trailing bits ot spinal column I 1 suppose when we were made there was not flesh enough on hand to pad the whole ot it so a bit ot ur was clapped over the bones and it was let go at that its jolly useful to have a tall chena tellow has to balance himself on aback en y B r r switching his own tall bater ahat would this barange creature discover next and our eyes yours have the same eort of pupils that mine do the little black slit in the center shows that your pupil la now contracted to keep out the sunlight pupil ivall be quite lafite and you can see beautifully you cant aee acry well in a strong light no more can I 1 ifa the same with all of the feline family my eyes balne lovely in the dark 1 some silly people think its because of something in the eyes nonsense its only because the eyes are shaped so that they reflect light well I 1 never the lion growled in admiration say where did you learn all that oh here there and everywhere im a tramp fat you know an 4 orte naturally picks up a little an wandering about out I 1 JU very well and I 1 think IH cage my headquarters about fredine alnie 1 and that was the the friendship between theton an d thereat |