Article: The Cat And The Evil Mower
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The Cat And The Evil Mower
?A coward dies a thousand deaths; a brave man dies but once.? Our cat Der Doc proved that this applies to cats as well.
Caution was the watchword in Der Doc?s life. He was a grey cat, striped like a tiger but decidedly without the tiger?s courage. Daddy said, ?He?s the original scaredy-cat.?
Der Doc had the run of our farm in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, and the farm had multitudes of opportunities for a diligent cat. The chief opportunities lay with barn mice during the winter and field mice in the summer. Der Doc regularly partook of these opportunities. Cautiously, of course.
How ironic it was that his most searing experience took place when he was cautiously minding his own business. His business being a field mouse in our hayfield, as ...
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