Tigerlilly - Lobsang Rampa

Fortunately the automobiles did not travel as fast as they do
here in Canada where in Ontario it was heartbreaking to see
the number of casualties due to speeding cars, many of which
could surely have been avoided.
One of the attractions for him, the Tiger, was the fact that
the neighbor kept hens and chickens and apparently T. Catt
enjoyed visiting them which left us with another problem—
fleas! It was anything but a happy day when I had to take him
down into the yard and carefully (without affecting the eyes
and ears) rub flea powder into his fur, for each time he visited
that hen-house he seemed to collect some of those crawling,
hopping creatures.
Apart from contact with creatures such as hens, which are
sometimes infested with fleas, a cat should be comparatively
free of these crawling hoppers as they grow beyond the stage
of kittenhood, especially if they stay away from squirrels, and
certain large birds such as pigeons. When the cats are in the
babyhood stage, merely kittens, they are not able to care for
their fur and general condition as well as a more fully grown
cat.
Mr. T. Catt provided much amusement for us; he loved to
pick up articles and put them in various places, which greatly
hampered our activities if it was something we needed im-
mediately. I remember one time in particular when Carl was
looking for an instrument, a sort of scalpel-shaped knife and it
was not to be found any place. After a time the culprit, in the
form of Mr. Catt, came in from the shelf where he used to sit
for hours and hours; in his mouth was the knife which he
offered to us with great glee, placing it by Carl's feet. That
knife must have been outside for some time because it had
become rusty through being out in damp weather. It was an
episode with a happy ending, for until we found the instru-
ment Carl must have thought I had taken it.
Another time the Tiger must have been in a fight, and got
the worst of the fray, for he arrived home one morning looking
disreputable and with a torn ear. Whether he had been show-
ing off or what I might never know, but since he was a child of
Leo such a thing was entirely possible. When he was quite
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