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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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"M-e-a-t!
M-e-a-t!"
is
heard
the
magnetic,
cat-conjuring
cry
of
the
old
liver-man,
as
his
barrow
is
pushed
up
the
glorified
Scrimper's
Alley,
and
Cats
come
crowding,
as
of
yore,
to
receive
their
due.
There
are
Cats
black,
white,
yellow,
and
gray
to
be
remembered,
and,
above
all,
there
are
owners
to
be
remembered.
As
the
barrow
rounds
the
corner
near
the
new
building
it
makes
a
newly
scheduled
stop.
"Hyar,
you,
get
out
o'
the
road,
you
common
trash,"
cries
the
liver-man,
and
he
waves
his
wand
to
make
way
for
the
little
gray
Cat
with
blue
eyes
and
white
nose.
She
receives
an
unusually
large
portion,
for
Sam
is
wisely
dividing
the
returns
evenly;
and
Slum
Kitty
retreats
with
her
'daily'
into
shelter
of
the
great
building,
to
which
she
is
regularly
attached.
She
has
entered
into
her
fourth
life
with
prospects
of
happiness
never
before
dreamed
of.
Everything
was
against
her
at
first;
now
everything
seems
to
be
coming
her
way.
It
is
very
doubtful
that
her
mind
was
broadened
by
travel,
but
she
knew
what
she
wanted
and
she
got
it.
She
has
achieved
her
long-time
great
ambition
by
catching,
not
a
Sparrow,
but
two
of
them,
while
they
were
clinched
in
mortal
combat
in
the
gutter.
There
is
no
reason
to
suppose
that
she
ever
caught
another
Rat;
but
the
negro
secures
a
dead
one
when
he
can,
for
purposes
of
exhibition,
lest
her
pension
be
imperilled.
The
dead
one
is
left
in
the
hall
till
the
proprietor
comes;
then
it
is
apologetically
swept
away.
"Well,
drat
dat
Cat,
sah;
dat
Royal
Ankalostan
blood,
sah,
is
terrors
on
Rats."
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