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people to sleep in the same room with them for 
fear they will suck their breath and cause them to 
suffocate. The only foundation for this is that cats 
love warmth. When sleeping in a cold room they 
will seek out the warmest place they can find, and 
if that happens to be near a person’s face, they are 
apt to go there ; not because they want to suck the 
breath, but simply because they love the warmth 
that emanates with the breath. 
An old gentleman lived on the farm whom Guy 
called grandpa, and an old lady whom he called 
grandma, whose portraits I had often seen in 
mistress’ room. Grandpa was abed most of the 
time, and was visited every day by a man they 
called “ Doctor.” It was he who told mistress to 
give me castor oil. 
One day mistress took me into grandpa’s room 
and said, “ Father, this is Meow the Second.” Al- 
though grandpa was too ill to say much to me, 
still I knew from the kind look on his face, and 
from his gentle touch, that he was a friend of cats. 
“ I’m very glad to see Meow, but don’t hurt Watch’s 
feelings,” was all he was able to say, and pretty 
. soon mistress took me out. 
Watch was a big shepherd dog that had lived on 
