8 BRUNO 



them, until finally we had the satisfaction of 

 seeing Rebecca let down her bristles and begin 

 to purr while Julius smoothed her head and 

 back with Bruno's paw. 



After that they kept the peace fairly well, 

 though Rebecca always boxed his ears when 

 she came in and found him licking and nosing 

 her kittens. 



We tried to keep him away from them, but 

 he did love them so. He would watch Rebecca 

 out of one eye as he lay dozing, and as soon as 

 she started on a hunt, he would go tiptoeing to 

 the kitten-box for a frolic. 



Soon they grew quite fond of playing with 

 his big curly ears, and forgot to spit and 

 scratch. 



