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The Old Cat & The Old Dog

    Once upon a time there were an old cat, and an old dog.  There were other dogs, and other cats, but the old cat and the old dog had a special relationship.  The old cat would sit on a table in a windowsill, and the old dog loved especially to creep up underneath the old cat and let out a startling noise.  The old cat would obligingly scamper away, and so would commence a mighty little racket of determined claws on linoleum, and frantically jingling collars.  The old dog had a beady eyed fascination with the old cat, a profound interest in her health and whereabouts. The old cat had nothing but haughty disdain to offer the old dog.