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The cat, in its turn, would play with Flora's tail 

 as the lioness lay waving the end of it gently to and 

 fro. Puss would crouch down, its eyes gleaming 

 as they were fixed upon that moving tip. Then the 

 cat's body would begin to sway from side to side, 

 and suddenly it would bound upon the tail, hold- 



Flora and her Cat 



ing it with all four paws, rolling over and over, and 

 biting as hard as it could. 



The lioness would look around lazily at the cat 

 and try to wave the tail free. Sometimes the cat 

 would bite too hard, and then Flora would simply 

 lay one of those great, heavy paws on it, and pin 



