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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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She
saw
a
score
of
happy
Cats
slink
off
with
their
delicious
'daily'
and
their
tiger-like
air,
but
no
opening
for
her,
till
a
big
Tom
of
her
own
class
sprang
on
a
little
pensioner
with
intent
to
rob.
The
victim
dropped
the
meat
to
defend
herself
against
the
enemy,
and
before
the
'all-powerful'
could
intervene,
the
gray
Slummer
saw
her
chance,
seized
the
prize,
and
was
gone.
She
went
through
the
hole
in
Menzie's
side
door
and
over
the
wall
at
the
back,
then
sat
down
and
devoured
the
lump
of
liver,
licked
her
chops,
felt
absolutely
happy,
and
set
out
by
devious
ways
to
the
rubbish-yard,
where,
in
the
bottom
of
an
old
cracker-box,
her
family
was
awaiting
her.
A
plaintive
mewing
reached
her
ears.
She
went
at
speed
and
reached
the
box
to
see
a
huge
Black
Tom-cat
calmly
destroying
her
brood.
He
was
twice
as
big
as
she,
but
she
went
at
him
with
all
her
strength,
and
he
did
as
most
animals
will
do
when
caught
wrong-doing,
he
turned
and
ran
away.
Only
one
was
left,
a
little
thing
like
its
mother,
but
of
more
pronounced
color--gray
with
black
spots,
and
a
white
touch
on
nose,
ears,
and
tail-tip.
There
can
be
no
question
of
the
mother's
grief
for
a
few
days;
but
that
wore
off,
and
all
her
care
was
for
the
survivor.
That
benevolence
was
as
far
as
possible
from
the
motives
of
the
murderous
old
Tom
there
can
be
no
doubt;
but
he
proved
a
blessing
in
deep
disguise,
for
both
mother
and
Kit
were
visibly
bettered
in
a
short
time.
The
daily
quest
for
food
continued.
The
meat-man
rarely
proved
a
success,
but
the
ash-cans
were
there,
and
if
they
did
not
afford
a
meat-supply,
at
least
they
were
sure
to
produce
potato-skins
that
could
be
used
to
allay
the
gripe
of
hunger
for
another
day.
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