The Opportunity To Lecture Had Restored My

I Am So Tired Of Ruggedly Handsome Heroes. I Don't Know Too Many Ruggedly Handsome People Who Are Necessarily Nice People. In Fact, The Beautiful People Have A Big Handicap Because They Rely Too Much On Their Appearance And Don't Bother To Become Interesting.

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.

Nothing Looks As Self-satisfied As A Contented Cat.

Exaggeration Is The Cheapest Form Of Humor.

Since I Am Not As Stupid As My Children Believe I Am, I Had Immediately Realized This Might Be A Ruse, But I Was Not At All Averse To A Confrontation. In Fact, I Had Been Hoping For Some Such Thing.