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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Jap
Malee
lingered
around
that
cage,
taking
in
the
remarks,
for
hours--drinking
a
draught
of
glory
such
as
he
had
never
known
in
life
before
and
rarely
glimpsed
in
his
dreams.
But
he
saw
that
it
would
be
wise
for
him
to
remain
unknown;
his
"butler"
must
do
all
the
business.
It
was
Slum
Kitty
who
made
that
show
a
success.
Each
day
her
value
went
up
in
her
owner's
eyes.
He
did
not
know
what
prices
had
been
given
for
Cats,
and
thought
that
he
was
touching
a
record
pitch
when
his
"butler"
gave
the
director
authority
to
sell
the
Analostan
for
one
hundred
dollars.
This
is
how
it
came
about
that
the
Slum
Cat
found
herself
transferred
from
the
show
to
a
Fifth
Avenue
mansion.
She
evinced
a
most
unaccountable
wildness
at
first.
Her
objection
to
petting,
however,
was
explained
on
the
ground
of
her
aristocratic
dislike
of
familiarity.
Her
retreat
from
the
Lap-dog
onto
the
centre
of
the
dinner-table
was
understood
to
express
a
deep-rooted
though
mistaken
idea
of
avoiding
a
defiling
touch.
Her
assaults
on
a
pet
Canary
were
condoned
for
the
reason
that
in
her
native
Orient
she
had
been
used
to
despotic
example.
The
patrician
way
in
which
she
would
get
the
cover
off
a
milk-can
was
especially
applauded.
Her
dislike
of
her
silk-lined
basket,
and
her
frequent
dashes
against
the
plate-glass
windows,
were
easily
understood:
the
basket
was
too
plain,
and
plate-glass
was
not
used
in
her
royal
home.
Her
spotting
of
the
carpet
evidenced
her
Eastern
modes
of
thought.
The
failure
of
her
several
attempts
to
catch
Sparrows
in
the
high-walled
back
yard
was
new
proof
of
the
royal
impotency
of
her
bringing
up;
while
her
frequent
wallowings
in
the
garbage-can
were
understood
to
be
the
manifestation
of
a
little
pardonable
high-born
eccentricity.
She
was
fed
and
pampered,
shown
and
praised;
but
she
was
not
happy.
Kitty
was
homesick!
She
clawed
at
that
blue
ribbon
round
her
neck
till
she
got
it
off;
she
jumped
against
the
plate-glass
because
that
seemed
the
road
to
outside;
she
avoided
people
and
Dogs
because
they
had
always
proved
hostile
and
cruel;
and
she
would
sit
and
gaze
on
the
roofs
and
back
yards
at
the
other
side
of
the
window,
wishing
she
could
be
among
them
for
a
change.
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