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Anyone Who Has Owned Many Cats In Long Succession Can Define His Or Her Life As A Series Of Furry Episodes.

Try Throwing A Ball Just Once For A Dog. It Would Be Like Eating Only One Peanut Or Potato Chip. Try To Ignore The Importuning Of A Golden Retriever Who Has Brought You His Tennis Ball, The Greatest Treasure He Possesses!

A Cat Knows How To Be Comfortable, How To Get The People Around It To Serve It. In A Tranquil Domestic Situation, The Cat Is A Veritable Manipulative Genius. It Seeks The Soft, It Seeks The Warm, It Prefers The Quiet And It Loves To Be Full. It Displays, When It Gets Its Own Way In These Matters, A Degree Of Contentment We Would All Like To Emulate.

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Cats Make One Of The Most Satisfying Sounds In The World: They Purr. [...] Almost All Cats Make Us Feel Good About Ourselves Because They Let Us Know They Feel Good About Us, About Themselves, And About Our Relationship With Them. A Purring Cat Is A Form Of High Praise, Like A Gold Star On A Test Paper. It Is A Reinforcement Of Soemthing We Would All Like To Believe About Ourselves -- That We Are Nice.