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THE CAT, Chapter XVIII
The boy laid down to rest near the very back of the lean-to, gathering some leaves the two adult women had somehow strung together to act as a covering for sleep. There was no warmth in laying under the leaves, however, certainly nothing like luxuriating under a...![THE CAT, Chapter XVII.](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/na_cooking.jpg)
THE CAT, Chapter XVII.
The return to their encampment took much longer than the trip out. The body of the animal suspended between them was heavy and ungainly. They could not travel too fast across the forest floor because the hanging body would begin to swing to the point where they could...![THE CAT, Chapter XV](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cougar6.jpg)
THE CAT, Chapter XV
The cat found a place near the bottom of the mildly inclined slope face. He settled in under the outward thrusting branches of a huge pine. The aroma, the deep bed of needles no insects could inhabit, and the gentle wind that wafted its way among the easy waving...![THE CAT, Chapter XIV](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sitting-mountain-lion-copy.jpg)