A Chat with a Cat

The other day I went into the bar of a railway station and, taking a glass of beer, I sit down at a little table by myself to meditate upon the necessary but tragic isolation of the humankind soul. I began my meditation by consoling myself with the truth that something in common runs through all nature, but I went on to consider that this cut no ice, and that the heart needed something more. I might by long research have discovered some third term a little slight hackn eyed than these two, when fate, or some fostering star, sent me a tawny, silky, long-haired quat.

If it be true that nations have the cats they deserve, then the side people deserve well in cats, for at that place be none so prosperous or so chummy in the world. But even for an English cat this cat was exceptionally friendly and fine--especially friendly. It leapt at one graceful form into my lap, nestled there, put disclose an engaging right present paw to touch my arm with a pretty consternation by way of introduction, rolled up at me an eye of bright but innocent affection, and then smiled a cryptical smile of approval.

No man could be so trepid by and by such an approach as not to incur some manner of response. So did I.



I even took the freedom of stroking Amathea (for by that name did I receive this vision), and though I began this gesture in a respectful fashion, after the best models of polite deportment with strangers, I was soon contribute it some warmth, for I was touched to find that I had a friend; yes, even here, at the ends of the tubes in S.W.99. I proceeded (as is right) from embrace to speech, and said, Amathea, most beautiful of cats, why have you deigned to single me out for so much favour? Did you recognize in me a friend to all that breathes, or were you yourself suffering from loneliness (though I take it you are near your own dear home), or is there pity in the hearts of animals as there is in the hearts of some humans? What, then, was your motive? Or am l, indeed, foolish to ask, and not rather to take...If you want to cross a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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