A SMART ENGLISH CAT
THE following interesting story is reported of a smart English cat
that ate cheese, and then lured mice with its breath.
"I have a house cat with a remarkable appetite for cheese," writes a
subscriber to a local Manchester, England, newspaper. "Every time cheese
is placed on the table this cat sits and begs for some. Inquiring into
the cause of this extraordinary taste, I discovered that the cat ate the
cheese and then went to a mouse-hole in the woodwork of the house and
blew his breath heavily into it. That was his way of enticing the mice
to come out."
After breathing thus into the mouse-hole, the cat would move a short
distance to one side and wait for the mice to appear, when he would
pounce upon them.
All must admit that this was indeed a smart cat. How he got onto the
trick is the interesting question. Perhaps he had observed that
mouse-traps are generally baited with cheese. At any rate, he got hold
of a "bright idea," hit on a novel and successful plan for catching
mice, and exhibited more than ordinary animal sagacity.
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