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           Ithadbeenmakingsomesound,anyway.

           ButasJudCrandallhadknownorguessedithadnotbeenallbad.Louisfoundabrokenwindowdown-cellarbehindthefurnace,andwhentheglazierfixedit,hehadsavedthemyeabucksinwastedheatingoil.Forcallinghisattentiontothebrokenpane,whichhemightnothavediscoveredforweeksmonths,maybehesupposedheevenowedChurchavoteofthanks.

           EllienolongerwantedChurchtosleepwithher,thatwastrue,butsometimeswhenshewaswatchingTV,shewouldletthecathopuponherlapandgotosleep.Butjustasoften,hethought,huntingthroughthebagofplasticwidgetsthatweresupposedtoholdEllie’sBat-Cycletogether,shewouldpushhimdownafterafewminutes,saying,"Goon,Church,youstink."Shefedhimregularlyandwithlove,andevenGagewasnotabovegivingoldChurchanoccasionaltailtug...moreinthespiritoffriendlinessthaninoneofmeanness,Louiswasconvinced;hewaslikeatinymonkyankingafurrybellrope.AtthesetimesChurchwouldcrawllackadaisicallyunderoneoftheradiatorswhereGagecouldn’tgethim.

           Wemighthavenoticedmoredifferenceswithadog,Louisthought,butcatsaresuchgoddamnindependentanimalsanyway.Independentandodd.Feyeven.Itdidn’tsurprisehimthattheoldEgyptianqueensandpharaohshadwantedtheircatsmummifiedandpoppedintotheirtriangulartombswiththeminordertoserveasspiritguidesinthenextworld.Catswereweird.

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