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entertainment time when they race about and jump on their tree house, and soon the time came to go to bed again. The Guv spends ninety-nine per cent of his time in bed looking at the world backwards through a mirror. I went to my nice little brass-balled bed and fell asleep, and it seems I was no sooner asleep than I was being tapped on the shoulder. Drowsily, and in none too good a mood, I opened one eye and there was the lady Ku’ei again. ‘Come on, Ma,’ she said, ‘we haven't finished our discussion—the one we started last night.’ So I opened the other eye and waited for her to speak. ‘What are you going to do about all these cat ailments? I have a cat friend here. She came to us quite a short time ago. The people with whom she lived neglected her, hadn't got time for her. She was just a cat, they thought, and—well they went away for a vacation and they left this cat called Pansy alone in a locked-up house. She starved to death because the people stayed longer than they expected. What would you tell people about that?’ Well, that is rather a sore point with us, because so many people think that a cat is just an ornament to be shoved about or to be left without any attention at all. You can leave fish for a number of days without having food added, because if they have a good aquarium they can live on the plants for quite a time and they can live on minute organisms in the water, and then again most people can get someone to come in and dish out some food for fishes, but they never seem to bother about cats. So I thought about it for a time, lying there on my back with the moonlight streaming in and periodically an aeroplane rushing by on its way to or from Calgary airport. But people who have pets have a definite duty to their pets. If they are not prepared to look after them, then they should do without pets. Pets have rights just as children have rights. They are living creatures. They are intelligent entities. So if people are going away, they should board their pets with a good veterinary surgeon or a trusted ‘cattery’. After all, these places have runs, wired in, and cats and dogs can be boarded. The owner has to pay, of course, but what does it matter—they would pay enough for their children, wouldn't they? They'd 110
pay to go to a theatre or a cinema. They'd pay to get themselves drunk. They'll pay for any entertainment, but when it comes to paying something for a poor, harmless, defenseless little animal who can't look after itself, well they take on the mantle of the miser. They begrudge anything, they begrudge food. Such people should be put in a cage themselves; they should be put in prison for cruelty to animals. If you are going away, then why not go and ask your veterinary surgeon if he could take your pet for such and such a time. If he cannot, then he can always recommend someone who will. During that time your pet will be well looked after. He or she will have plenty of company and will welcome you with gratitude and joy when you return. Why do you have a pet anyway? For an ornament? Well, if it's an ornament, then surely you give that ornament some elementary care. You look after it. You make sure it is clean. You make sure it is put in a safe place and an ornament, no matter how ornamental, is only an inanimate lump of material which someone has pummeled or carved into shape. Animals are one of the wonders of the world with senses far beyond those possessed by humans. Could you, for instance, sniff along a carpet and tell who'd walked that way three or four days before? Cleo can, Taddy can—all our cats have been able to. If you do not communicate with your cat, that is your ignorance, your loss. Your cat knows what you are thinking— if you think love, that cat will respond. If you think hate, you will find the cat disappears. And then there is the question of constipation. Not only humans suffer from constipation, cats do also, but only through the neglect of humans. They are given wrong food, they are given scraps, anything that is not good enough for humans is usually tossed out for the cat or the dog. Well, why? If your pet is a loved member of the family, surely he or she is entitled to the perfect rudimentary courtesy of being properly fed. There are many cat foods or dog foods on the market. Cat food is suitable for cats, not for dogs. Dog food is suitable for dogs and not necessarily for cats, but no matter how good the 111
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The Pen is Mightier than the sword
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one had to do. But what I really li
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I looked for my soul but my soul I
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you two should come together. Satur
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CHAPTER THREE It was interesting th
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following morning; so it was fortun
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If I accept the snnshine and warmth
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they feel that if they increase the
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One wonders whether he was born wit
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CHAPTER FIVE Weybridge was a busy p
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its hate and misunderstanding, and
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In the midst of winter, I finally l
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have heard the remark, ‘I feel cl
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Many aspects of the whole affair we
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I do my thing And you do your thing
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mass, thus allowing it to complete
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may be absorbed, thus providing the
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Friendship is the inexpressible com
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from me. Lobsang Rampa has a harder
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write, there is a highly intelligen
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CHAPTER NINE Ships that Pass . . .
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happy moment the day an elderly man
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We are told we should not worry so
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CHAPTER TEN Since this narrative se
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‘passed this way’ more than onc
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young he fell from the same outside
Page 54 and 55: CHAPTER ELEVEN There was one import
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Page 60 and 61: CHAPTER TWELVE We must remember tha
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Page 66 and 67: INTERLUDE Have you ever noticed how
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Page 70 and 71: seemed imminent. If my complete fai
Page 72 and 73: So after a pleasant interlude along
Page 74 and 75: CHAPTER THIRTEEN Our interlude over
Page 76 and 77: way than in his natural state. Whil
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Page 86 and 87: have us as tenants, even going to t
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Page 90 and 91: CHAPTER SIX TEEN Thames Ditton must
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Page 100 and 101: Taddy growls and hisses and puts on
Page 102 and 103: CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Soon breakfast was
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Page 110 and 111: God grant me SERENITY to accept the
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Page 120 and 121: CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Now, you cat peo
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Page 124 and 125: What made us friends in the long ag
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Page 130 and 131: with a further comment, ‘You know
Page 132 and 133: Hold fast to dreams For if dreams d
Page 134 and 135: Lives will almost outweigh the inte
Page 136: now Canadian citizens—Her Graciou
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