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plant ... and pulled it up in my hand. Nary a root on it..
“Newman!” I said with contempt.
If you’re in a war, and you’re getting badly outgunned, what do you do? You bring in more firepower.
The second wave
I was through with oil and gum and other nice-guy stuff. I wanted hired guns, killers.
I’m talking cats.
Now, I have to say, I’m not much of a pet fan. I mean, I don’t mind them but I can take them or leave them.
But this situation was far too serious to let a little aversion to house animals come between me and my mission.
It turned out that one of our son’s friend’s cats had kittens. When they were big enough, we took two. Females.
I didn’t want males because I knew all they would do would be talk about what they were going to do. They would never get around to doing anything. I have myself as an example.
In any case, these are outdoor cats, with a lovely little place in the garage. They come inside for food and attention, but basically they’re working cats.
After they got big enough, we had a little briefing.
Holding up a photo, I point
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