Dead Cat Anyway

A small boy had a that was rough, as inost small boys' dogs are, and a young girl who lived next door had a kitten, sly as all cats are. One day the small boy carne nonchalently into the girl's presence and after some desultory eonversation, he said: "You know my dog Barca and your cat Darling?" "Yes." "Well, my dog had a piece of meat, and he thought your cat was going to take it away frorn hlm." "Thought!" exclaimed the wise girl. "What makes you say the dog thought? You know dogs don't think, they instinct." "Well," said the boy, '-I don't care whether he thought it or whether he instincted it, but anyhow he killed your cat."