The Book of Cats. 145 



Miss Pussy or her babies, there would be a fight. 

 Now a Monkey is always very fond of anything 

 young, such as a kitten, and he and Miss Pussy 

 would want to nurse the children. The Monkey 

 liked very much to get hold of a kitten and he 

 would nurse it in his arms like a baby. The Cats 

 and the Birds were good friends indeed : they would 

 perch on her back, and even on her head, and peck 

 at her fur. A strange Cat was introduced into the 

 cage, and the moment she made her entry, she 

 looked round in a scared way, and made a dart 

 upon the animal nearest her, namely the owl ; the 

 Monkey immediately ran behind and bit her tail, 

 and the other Cats' hair swelled up, and they 

 seemed on the point of flying at the stranger. The 

 Rats fled in terror, and the little Birds fluttered on 

 their perches with fear. 



A priest of Lucerne, I don't know how many 

 hundred years ago, taught a Dog, Cat, Mouse and 

 Sparrow, to eat out of the same plate. There is 

 also a somewhat unsatisfactory legend of a maiden 

 lady who induced twenty-two different animals to 

 live together upon friendly terms. 



Lemmery shut up a Cat and several Mice to- 

 gether in a cage. The Mice in time got to be very 

 friendly, and plucked and nibbled at their feline 



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