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THE CAT, Chapter VIII
The cat had not disappeared. He’d withdrawn back into the clustered thickness of low scrub that dominated the bottom of the forest, like a wavy and near limitless thick rug. The writhing and waving plant growth of small size, where rivulets of wind were able to creep...![THE CAT, Chapter VI](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Beaver.jpg)
THE CAT, Chapter VI
The boy reached out toward the trunk of the large but slender oak but stopped himself when he looked into the cat’s eyes. The cat had gone to the tree first, upon hearing the approach of something not natural or native to the surrounding area. The boy had been slower...![THE CAT, Chapter V](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_8977w.jpg)
THE CAT, Chapter V
The cat lay erect, able to give over a good portion of its living existence to sleep without ever having to slip into a languid defenseless slumber. His eyes filmed over, his translucent third eyelid drew across his eyes for protection, and to moisten them while still...![THE CAT, Chapter III](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/maxresdefaultfire.jpg)