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Adjusted Relationships

           Wouldheorwouldhenot?TheSarah-catdeliberatelyturnedherbackonhimandresumedhertoiletoperations.Rustydecidedthathewouldnot.Heneverdid.FromthattimeontheSarah-catruledtheroost.Rustyneveragaininterferedwithher.

           ButJosephrashlysatupandyawned.Rusty,burningtoavengehisdisgrace,swoopeddownuponhim.Joseph,pacificbynature,couldfightuponoccasionandfightwell.Theresultwasaseriesofdrawnbattles.EverydayRustyandJosephfoughtatsight.AnnetookRusty’spartanddetestedJoseph.Stellawasindespair.ButAuntJamesinaonlylaughed.

           “Letthemfightitout,”shesaidtolerantly.“They’llmakefriendsafterabit.Josephneedssomeexercisehewasgettingtoofat.AndRustyhastolearnheisn’ttheonlycatintheworld.”

           EventuallyJosephandRustyacceptedthesituationandfromswornenemiesbecameswornfriends.Theysleptonthesamecushionwiththeirpawsabouteachother,andgravelywashedeachother’sfaces.

           “We’veallgotusedtoeachother,”saidPhil.“AndI’velearnedhowtowashdishesandsweepafloor.”

           “Butyouneedn’ttrytomakeusbelieveyoucanchloroformacat,”laughedAnne.

           “Itwasallthefaultoftheknothole,”protestedPhil.

           “Itwasagoodthingtheknotholewasthere,”saidAuntJamesinaratherseverely.“KittensHAVEtobedrowned,Iadmit,ortheworldwouldbeoverrun.Butnodecent,grown-upcatshouldbedonetodeathunlesshesuckseggs.”

           “Youwouldn’thavethoughtRustyverydecentifyou’dseenhimwhenhecamehere,”saidStella

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