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4. Give your cat a bone with some meat on it. How does she hold 

 it? Does she chew the meat? How does her tongue feel when she licks 

 your hand ? What do you feed your cat ? 



5. Notice how she uses her paws and her tongue when she cleans 

 herself? Why does she keep herself clean? 



6. How can pussy defend herself from dogs? 



7. Feel the underside of her foot. When you do this, do you feel 

 her claws? If not, why? Does a dog have claws. What does a horse 

 have instead of claws? 



8. Notice whether pussy eats slowly. Some animals hunt in packs, 

 and when they eat, they devour their food rapidly lest their companions 

 may take it from them. What do you think about cats? Do they go 

 alone in search of food? Have you ever noticed whether they are in a 

 great hurry to get rid of their food? 



9. The cat, you know, belongs to the same family as the lion, which 

 prowls at night, very often traveling by twilight. Do you think the 

 cat enjoys hunting by twilight? 



10. Watch your cat when she is walking on the snow. Does she 

 seem to enjoy it? Observe that in walking, pussy's hind feet fall easily 

 and exactly upon the tracks made by the front ones. This is what makes 

 the cats of the wild so noiseless when stalking their prey; they choose 

 by sight where to place the forepaws, and the hind ones seem of them- 

 selves to find the same spot. 



11. Why is the cat a useful farm hand? 



12. Every year the government appropriates money to maintain cats 

 in the post offices and public buildings. Why? 



13. It is said that well-fed cats are the best mousers ; what do yc > 

 think about this? 



