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HABITS OF CATS. 
“Your pets never do any thing wrong,” 
said Annie, half to herself. 
Sidney looked surprised and hurt, for he 
had no idea of annoying his cousin by his 
remarks. He knew by experience, however, 
that when Annie was in a pet it was always 
best to leave her to herself, when she usually 
became ashamed of her ill humour before 
a great while; whereas, if anybody noticed 
it, she seemed to feel herself obliged to 
maintain it as long as possible for the mere 
sake of consistency. 
“People say,” said Richard, “that cats 
care much more for places than for people, 
and hardly ever form strong attachments. 
Do you think it is true?” 
“hTot ordinarily,” replied Miss Winston. 
“ It is very true that, generally speaking, 
cats dislike change of place, and, other things 
being equal, would rather remain where 
they have been brought up; but I have seen 
many cats, young and old, that made no 
objection to removing any distance with 
the family to which they were attached, and 
showed no inclination to return to their old 
home, even though the distance was very 
short. Sonnini, a French traveller in 
