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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Every
one
was
officiously
kind.
They
wanted
to
please
the
Royal
Cat,
but
somehow
none
of
them
did,
except,
possibly,
the
big,
fat
cook
that
Kitty
discovered
on
wandering
into
the
kitchen.
This
unctuous
person
smelt
more
like
a
slum
than
anything
she
had
met
for
months,
and
the
Royal
Analostan
was
proportionately
attracted.
The
cook,
when
she
learned
that
fears
were
entertained
about
the
Cat
staying,
said:
"Shure,
she'd
'tind
to
thot;
wanst
a
Cat
licks
her
futs,
shure
she's
at
home."
So
she
deftly
caught
the
unapproachable
royalty
in
her
apron,
and
committed
the
horrible
sacrilege
of
greasing
the
soles
of
her
feet
with
pot-grease.
Of
course
Kitty
resented
it--she
resented
everything
in
the
place;
but
on
being
set
down
she
began
to
dress
her
paws
and
found
evident
satisfaction
in
that
grease.
She
licked
all
four
feet
for
an
hour,
and
the
cook
triumphantly
announced
that
now
"shure
she'd
be
apt
to
shtay."
And
stay
she
did,
but
she
showed
a
most
surprising
and
disgusting
preference
for
the
kitchen,
the
cook,
and
the
garbage-pail.
The
family,
though
distressed
by
these
distinguished
peculiarities,
were
glad
to
see
the
Royal
Analostan
more
contented
and
approachable.
They
gave
her
more
liberty
after
a
week
or
two.
They
guarded
her
from
every
menace.
The
Dogs
were
taught
to
respect
her.
No
man
or
boy
about
the
place
would
have
dreamed
of
throwing
a
stone
at
the
famous
pedigreed
Cat.
She
had
all
the
food
she
wanted,
but
still
she
was
not
happy.
She
was
hankering
for
many
things,
she
scarcely
knew
what.
She
had
everything--yes,
but
she
wanted
something
else.
Plenty
to
eat
and
drink--yes,
but
milk
does
not
taste
the
same
when
you
can
go
and
drink
all
you
want
from
a
saucer;
it
has
to
be
stolen
out
of
a
tin
pail
when
you
are
belly-pinched
with
hunger
and
thirst,
or
it
does
not
have
the
tang--it
isn't
milk.
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