If You Take A Man By Surprise,

Humor Is An Excellent Method Of Keeping A Tight Rein On Unproductive Displays Of Emotion.

I Have Learned That Particularly Clever Ideas Do Not Always Stand Up Under Close Scrutiny.

You Are Softening Toward The Young Rascal Because He Is Ill, And Because He Says He Likes Cats." "it Is An Engaging Quality, Emerson." "that Depends," Said Emerson Darkly, "on How He Likes Them.

The Cat Horus Shot Out From Under The Table And Headed For The Door, His Ears Flattened And His Tail Straight Out. There He Encountered Abdullah, Who Had Been Waiting For Us On The Verandah And Who Had, I Supposed, Been Alarmed By Emerson's Shouts And Hurried To Discover What Disaster Had Prompted Them. The Cat Got Entangled In Abdullah's Skirts And A Brief Interval Of Staggering (by Abdullah), Scratching (by Horus) And Swearing (by Both Parties) Ensued Before Horus Freed Himself And Departed.

The Approval Of A Cat Cannot But Flatter The Recipient.