He went to investigate. It wasn’t long until I had him limping with all four feet.
Every time Papa saw Samie lying around in the warm sun with his feet wrapped up in turpentine rags,
he would laugh until big tears rolled down his cheeks.
Mama had another talk with Papa.
She said he was going to have to say something to me, because if I caught that cat one more time, it would drive her out of her mind.
Papa told me to be a little more careful where I set my traps.
“Papa,” I said, “I don’t want to catch Samie, but he’s the craziest cat I ever saw. He sees everything I do, and just has to go sniffing around.”
Papa looked over at Samie. He was lying all sprawled out in the sunshine with all four paws bandaged and sticking straight up.
His long tail was swishing this way and that. “You see, Papa,” I said, “he’s watching me right now, just waiting for me to set my traps.”
Papa walked off toward the barn. I heard him laughing fit to kill.
It finally got too tough for Samie. He left home.
Oh, he came in once in a while, all long and lean looking, but he never was the same friendly cat any more.
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