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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Kitty
was
now
fully
grown.
She
was
a
striking-looking
Cat
of
the
tiger
type.
Her
marks
were
black
on
a
very
pale
gray,
and
the
four
beauty-spots
of
white
on
nose,
ears,
and
tail-tip
lent
a
certain
distinction.
She
was
very
expert
at
getting
a
living,
and
yet
she
had
some
days
of
starvation
and
failed
in
her
ambition
of
catching
a
Sparrow.
She
was
quite
alone,
but
a
new
force
was
coming
into
her
life.
She
was
lying
in
the
sun
one
August
day,
when
a
large
Black
Cat
came
walking
along
the
top
of
a
wall
in
her
direction.
She
recognized
him
at
once
by
his
torn
ear.
She
slunk
into
her
box
and
hid.
He
picked
his
way
gingerly,
bounded
lightly
to
a
shed
that
was
at
the
end
of
the
yard,
and
was
crossing
the
roof
when
a
Yellow
Cat
rose
up.
The
Black
Torn
glared
and
growled,
so
did
the
Yellow
Tom.
Their
tails
lashed
from
side
to
side.
Strong
throats
growled
and
yowled.
They
approached
each
other
with
ears
laid
back,
with
muscles
a-tense.
"Yow-yow-ow!"
said
the
Black
One.
"Wow-w-w!"
was
the
slightly
deeper
answer.
"Ya-wow-wow-wow!"
said
the
Black
One,
edging
up
half
an
inch
nearer.
"Yow-w-w!"
was
the
Yellow
answer,
as
the
blond
Cat
rose
to
full
height
and
stepped
with
vast
dignity
a
whole
inch
forward.
"Yow-w!"
and
he
went
another
inch,
while
his
tail
went
swish,
thump,
from
one
side
to
the
other.
"Ya-wow-yow-w!"
screamed
the
Black
in
a
rising
tone,
and
he
backed
the
eighth
of
an
inch,
as
he
marked
the
broad,
unshrinking
breast
before
him.
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