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With Russians rocketing smugly.
around—the earth, And the,Berlin.
crisis calling forth' belligerent an=
nounceinents from all concerned;.
the only escape for, the shy, sen -
Smiley manzai
Next thinghe knew, she was cos-
tiering' her. husband, and urging
that "every hot. should . have a
dog" and that "we're'' depriving
the kids of'.a•precious experience."
• sitive erson ,these das is. into: isle ' was rather halfhearted
fairyland. SO ,let's. about the whole thing,. as; he was
, no doggy -lover, :and: besides; hews
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Once upon a tirrie. there was
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a lady whno us forpts.o'-hadpe.
• 'She rolled. her 'eyes; 'in horror at
the thought of •a dog• in, the. house.
Her• lip`; curled, at, the very amen-
tion of . cats. ,She „ looked ,with`
equal disgust, upon budgie, birds,
hamsters, guinea pigs and 'rabbits,
I admired ,this lady •for„. her
forthright • 'Attitude,': •.Whey{ her
kids begged for a pet, she'd snap,'
"Over :my dead body!"' She stat -
,ed flatly, that ,pets were, stupid,
useless •and dirty-. �thirig'S,
'children' were disconsolate; ,but'.
resigned.• '
It wasn't, that she .was afraid
of Animals•.. I've seen • her reach
•
right • out and' touch• a dog, 'on
Several occasions: Some people
would ' have thought she was
pushing the beast away, but she.
always elaited she was patting
it..I've seen, her, while she sat
chatting 'With cat owning friends,
scratch a cat's stomach with her
foot. Occasionally, if the friends,
left the: room to make tea, the
cat would wind „up at the other
•:end of 'the:. roony ' suddenly, but
she'd neverAdmit to kicking' it.
About four , years ,ago, sourer,
thing h'appen'ed'r This lady
suf
always 'leery' of these sudden en-
• thusiasms, as they 'invariably' cost.
him a.,lot of money, ;grief or abuse.
However, that 'C'hristm,as • , there'
w'aS a coal -black. spaniel'' pup un-
der the' tree. He was named Play-
boy by :the; .ecstatic children. •
• He was the epitonme, of -all ' the.
evils that accompany Small, pups.
Merely erely smirked at efforts to
train him, and left his trademark
with equal, disdain on linoleum,
hardwood floor• and rug. He howl:-
ed ike a lovesick tornt'at -every
night • for weeks: He 'ate ' the
toes off ' the lady's new Italian.
shoes. He had lice. He" needed
,shots. He juni,ped' up onthe lady
and tore her stpckings: or scrat-
ched her legs; She hated him.
' Time. passed. The pup, very
slowly, . acquired some sense, a'
haridsome.presence;'and a person-
ality ,to niatch his name: Relearn-
ed to•swim, to.run from big' dogs
and td snarl at •little •ones. He qac-
rn
'copanied the kids; to 'school: He'
went shopping with the lady. He
called cn her husband at,hrs lilacs
of business,. ,
:lust about the tittle he was old
though
h to
• start goitre with, girls,
fired on Of those emotional f vas k;lletl„;by a ,truck The kids
back -flips.. ei timor to' lhe SOLI viers lncons91a,ble., The: mother
suddenly: discovered . that” • she
adored the pup; wept- bitterly;.&
her eyes .filled with tears ,every
time his' ,'name came, up, for
That, was. 'to be the end of. Pets.
It:was:,too much to bear: .So! last
winter, •the lady's daughter, tak-
ing 'advantage' of .a day when her
mother- was out of town, .arrived.
home with a• .scrawny little stray
ki.tten. :.Hen dad. didn't: .have the
guts to ,kick ' the thing out in the
snow .She'd counted on this. /Her
mother didn't ;'either, when .she
got,;hoine.• She, contented herself
with raising' genera]` hell and
blasting the dad for not getting
ridof it. • •
The kitten • was nai red Piper,
and he 'thrived:' Once hi '`a while,
it -crossed the .,father's mind that
the creature ,might be a , girl, but,..
as usual, he avoided • :the issue
and hoped for the.best. Came the
spring.'' One night the father let
the: young cat. out: ,for the usual,
and ,he vanished, though .the 'dad
stood there,' in his '•underwear,.
call'iing, for half an hour.: In the
morning, kitty' turned up,•. red-.
eyed and ruffled. • ';' '
For: the neXt couple. of weeks,
there was' a lot of activity around.
the house In ',the' daytime, ' .the
,little , girl defended ' her pet with
a..'broom against the white, brin-
dle, black, and purple' cats who.
haunted •the .yard. and seemed, to
'want . to fight with Piper. At
night, the family felt like a hunt-
ing party in the jungle, crouched
about the campfire; While- ' the
hyenas ,..howled all around:
'Iii '•a few weeks, the whole
thing Was obvious. The kids went
right on calling Piper "he," but
it' wasplain that the 1boy kitten
was a female •cat. Guess who was
elected 'to strangle, or drown, the
fruits, of her labor. Yes, , the fath-
er steeled himself against corning
•catricide,
At this • point, .a 'new • character
enters our story., The boy. in this
fanii1y had a birthday corning up,
The lady, it another of those
Mental sdrnersaults, decided
they'd .SUrprise him with a pup,
There Was a mad scramble, but
the, pup a coal -black spaniel
was there onthe birthday, ' .and
was promptly named Playboy the
Second,;
With the, 'advent `•of,. •the pup,
poor old Piper.. was pushed into
the background,' despite, her con
dition. There: was some fear that
She'd' have .a miscarriage, out: of
sheer pique.h rHut they: • • reckoned
without that, sense of dramatic
tirning inent in•'th—e pregnant,.,
female: In the middle of the night,
while the family was staying with
friendsat a cottage, she ' began
to have her pains.
,She ' managed to keep' most of
them• up all, night. The lady . fili-
ally
inally closed h'er' eyes 'about, s.ix,
with no news.yet from the mater='
nity ward; which••viras the seat of
the car.; At seven. ' a.m.; .she was'
`awakened by „a' shriek from, her
daughter. 'Piper's having : ~ her
babies! The first one's .white!: It`
looks just like 'a dinosaur! Within
seconclk every kid 'in the vicinity
was:. on the spot. ,: They st/ood
around in a .circle, watching 'the
•whole performance and' cheering
•� g
each ''new arrival . to 'the echo,.
The mysteryof birth is no longer
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Theie's no moral 'to this story;.
but.I couldn't help thinking,. when:
I ;was home
last week-eri•d, • that.
it, Was rather odd: for my`
who hated:pets `for' years, •to'"b'e
dancing attendance on two ,child
ren, a `self• -satisfied cat; 'three, kit-
tens ; and.' a brand hew pup By.
the way, -does .anybody :want a •
lovely kitten?.:, Your choice of
White, purple or '•• brindle. S.ex:;'
male, I think.,:It ,appears that the
kitten=drowning deal for . dad: is•'
postponed. indefinitely
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MAY' .START .'CAUSEWAY THIS
FALL ON HIGHWAY 86
John Hanna, M.P.P. for Huron -
Bruce stated recently that work ,
'may . start: later . this year on the
caus'ewaY . across the 'prairie .south
of'.'`Wingh.am, • which. will join
Highway . 86 from' the ,easterly to
„•westerly limits' and ' w'ill mean
through traffic will not 'have' to
use the old bridges in Lower
Winghaim: First job; will 'be a new.
bridge. 'over the. river. • '
The work , ties in with the:. new,
bridge which will :be' built- at
Zetland between „ Wingha.m and
a rnys.tery to them. • '.Whitechurch. •
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