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2. How else than by voice does she express affection, pleasure and 

 anger ? When she carries her tail straight up in the air is she in a pleasant 

 mood? When her tail "bristles up" how does she feel? What is it 

 a sign of, when she lashes her tail back and forth? 



3. What do you feed to cats? What do they catch for themselves? 

 What do the cats that are wild live upon? How does the cat help us? 

 How does she injure us? 



4. How does a cat catch her prey? Does she track mice by the scent ? 

 Does she catch them by running after them as a dog does? Describe how 

 she lies in ambush. How does she hold the mouse as she pounces upon it ? 

 How does she carry it home to her kittens? 



5. Study the cat's paws to see how she holds her prey. Where are 

 the sharp claws ? Are they always in sight like a dog's? Does she touch 

 them to the ground when she walks? Which walks the more silently, 



Amicable advances. 



a dog or a cat? Why? Describe the cat's foot, including the toe-pads. 

 Are there as many toes on the hind feet as on the front feet? What kind 

 of a track does the cat make in the snow? How does she set her feet to 

 make such a track? How does she sharpen her claws ? How does she use 

 her claws for climbing? How far have you ever seen a cat jump ? Does 

 she use her front or her hind feet in making the jump ? On which feet does 

 she alight? Does she make much noise when she alights? 



6. What is there peculiar about a cat's eyes? What is their color? 

 What is the color of kittens' eyes? What is the shape of the pupil in day- 

 light? In the dark? Describe the inner lid which comes from the corner 

 of the eye. 



7. How many teeth has Puss ? What is the use of the long tushes? 

 Why is there a bare space behind these? What does she use her little 

 front teeth for? Does she use her back teeth for chewing or for cutting 

 meat? 



8. How many whiskers has she? How long are they? What is 

 their use ? Do you think that puss has a keen sense of smell ? Why do 



