![]() ![]() When the cat had come downstairs in search of human company, abandoning her kittens. "Her face, the lines of her body said, unmistakably, What a damned nuisance! Go upstairs! I ordered," and Rufus," on a part-Siamese she used to own who didn't enjoy being a mother. Pillow in shame until I pat him on the head and assure him I'm O.K."Īnd here is Doris Lessing, in "Particularly Cats. ![]() "It is retainedīy its extraordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared." Galton's attitude persists to this day, particularly among people who prefer dogs for their responsiveness to people.īut Peter Gethers, in "The Cat Who Went to Paris," tells of a cat who if he accidentally claws his owner's hand while roughhousing on a bed, "will freeze at the sound of my yelp, put his paws over his eyes and bury his nose under the He cat is the only non-gregarious animal," observed Francis Galton, the English scientist, in the late 19th century. OctoOne Cat Is Contrite, Another Calculating By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPTīy Doris Lessing Illustrated by James McMullan. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |