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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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On
the
fifth
day
of
ill
luck
the
Slum
Kitty
ventured
forth
into
the
street,
desperately
bent
on
finding
food.
When
far
from
the
haven
hole
some
small
boys
opened
fire
at
her
with
pieces
of
brick.
She
ran
in
fear.
A
Dog
joined
in
the
chase,
and
Kitty's
position
grew
perilous;
but
an
old-fashioned
iron
fence
round
a
house-front
was
there,
and
she
slipped
in
between
the
rails
as
the
Dog
overtook
her.
A
woman
in
a
window
above
shouted
at
the
Dog.
Then
the
boys
dropped
a
piece
of
cat-meat
down
to
the
unfortunate;
and
Kitty
had
the
most
delicious
meal
of
her
life.
The
stoop
afforded
a
refuge.
Under
this
she
sat
patiently
till
nightfall
came
with
quiet,
then
sneaked
back
like
a
shadow
to
her
old
iron-yard.
Thus
the
days
went
by
for
two
months.
She
grew
in
size
and
strength
and
in
an
intimate
knowledge
of
the
immediate
neighborhood.
She
made
the
acquaintance
of
Downey
Street,
where
long
rows
of
ash-cans
were
to
be
seen
every
morning.
She
formed
her
own
ideas
of
their
proprietors.
The
big
house
was
to
her,
not
a
Roman
Catholic
mission,
but
a
place
whose
garbage-tins
abounded
in
choicest
fish
scrapings.
She
soon
made
the
acquaintance
of
the
meat-man,
and
joined
in
the
shy
fringe
of
Cats
that
formed
the
outer
circle.
She
also
met
the
Wharf
Dog
as
well
as
two
or
three
other
horrors
of
the
same
class.
She
knew
what
to
expect
of
them
and
how
to
avoid
them;
and
she
was
happy
in
being
the
inventor
of
a
new
industry.
Many
thousand
Cats
have
doubtless
hung,
in
hope,
about
the
tempting
milk-cans
that
the
early
milk-man
leaves
on
steps
and
window-ledges,
and
it
was
by
the
merest
accident
that
Kitty
found
one
with
a
broken
lid,
and
so
was
taught
to
raise
it
and
have
a
satisfying
drink.
Bottles,
of
course,
were
beyond
her,
but
many
a
can
has
a
misfit
lid,
and
Kitty
was
very
painstaking
in
her
efforts
to
discover
the
loose-jointed
ones.
Finally
she
extended
her
range
by
exploration
till
she
achieved
the
heart
of
the
next
block,
and
farther,
till
once
more
among
the
barrels
and
boxes
of
the
yard
behind
the
bird-man's
cellar.
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