God created the cat (or evolution did, if you prefer). A beautiful animal with a soft fur and irresistible eyes. The cat is very agile and one of its fine characteristics is its innate ability to move along almost without a sound.
Or that was how it was created (or evolved, if you like). Now we have improved on its design. We have added an optional extra. We have put bells on it, so that it will make a sound when sneaking through the grass. This makes it more difficult for the cat to catch its prey, not least the garden birds.
Mrs. Chritensi and I have an old, beautiful cat, and for Xmas it had a band to wear round the neck, and the band has a bell attached to it. At first the cat didn't like it, but now it seems to have gotten used to it.
Uncle Jack came around and heard the cat and saw it. He was amused, and I had to explain to him that the bell was there to save the birds.
- whenever has that fat and lazy cat of yours caught a bird? And do you still call it a cat, he asked. Cats move along silently, and this one surely doesn't.
I had to think. It wasn't this year that it caught a bird, and it wasn't last year. Maybe the year before that.
Admittedly, a bell for our cat maybe doesn't make much sense. But at least it shows the neighbours that we care about animals.
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