Argument Echoes

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 283, 24 August 1940, Page 18

Argument Echoes

More Cat And Dog Tales A LL our cats hunt for themselves, but their tastes are very varied. Here are their usual catches’. Joey, rabbits and mice; Spots, weasels, birds —and things out of the cupboard! Tinker, rats and birds; Sylvia, nothing but mice, about four a day: _ Mudgy, eels, mice, birds and rabbits; "ip> birds and mice: Toby, small young mice. . Achilles has been so ill that he can t hunt. One day Mudgy was sitting on the couch looking at Achilles. She disappeared outside suddenly, am after a little while she came back with a mouse and gave it to Achilles. The next day she caught him a bird. She always takes pity on the sick cats. Dancing Fairy (12), Levin. Scott the Spaniel. I want to tell you a story about Scott, a black cocker spaniel. He was left in our charge as a puppy while his master went on a holiday, and we are all attached to him. He still spends much time with us, as he spends with his master, and is very faithful to us. particularly to an elder brother or mine, whose great companion he always has been. When my brother left, for' 'Wellington we had to lock Scott up, as he would not let my brother our of his sight. Now, when my brother comes home for holidays, Scott goes wild with joy. From a puppy he has been trained to obey, and he is now a good watcndog. He likes to go for a long walk, and one day he had this as well as a long swim. We were across the ri'cr, on the bank which is farther a«aj from the taown, when we heard a bin v. There was Scott on the other bap l '; He had followed us and was trying to reach us. Suddenly, to our horror, he was starting to swim the widest part of the river. We shouted at him, but it increased his eagerness to get to us, and all we could do was to watch him as he fought against the current. At last after what seemed hours to us, lie scrambled up on the bank. After he Irid had a rest we went home by crossing the bridge! Scott is getting rather old now and does not frolic so Nymph (13). Waipukurau.