It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville 1 Cat Lovers' Fiction Audiobooks No Copyright.
chapter one of it's like this cat this is a librivox recording all liverbox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by chance ervin it's like this cat by emily chaney neville chapter one cat and kate my father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy this is one reason i got a cat my father talks a lot anyway maybe being a lawyer he gets in the habit also he's a small guy with very little great curly hair so maybe he thinks he's got to roar a lot to make up for not being a big hairy tough guy mom is thin and quiet and when anything upsets her she gets asthma in the apartment we live right in the middle of new york city we don't have any heavy drapes or rugs and mom never fries any food because the doctors figure dust and smoke make her asthma worse i don't think it's dust i think it's pops roaring the big hassle that led me to getting cat came when i earned some extra money babysitting for a little boy around the corner on gramercy park i spent the money on a bellafonte record this record has one piece about a father telling his son about the birds and the bees i think it's funny pop blows a stack you're not gonna play that stuff in this house he roars why aren't you outdoors anyway babysitting baby talk records when i was your age i made money on a newspaper delivery route my dog jeff and i used to go 10 miles chasing rabbits on a good saturday pop i say patiently there are no rabbits out on 3rd avenue honest there aren't don't get fresh pop jerks the plug out of the record player so hard the needle skips which probably wrecks my record so i get mad and start yelling too between rounds we both hear mom in the kitchen starting to wheeze pop hisses now see you've gone and upset your mother i slammed the record player shut grab a stick and ball and run down the three flights of stairs to the street this isn't the first time pop and i have played this scene and there gets to be a pattern when i slam out of our house mad i go along over to my aunt kate's she's not really my aunt the kids around here call her crazy kate the catwoman because she walks along the street in funny old clothes and sneakers talking to herself and sometimes she has half a dozen or more stray cats living with her i guess she does sound a little loony but it's just because she does things her own way and she doesn't give a hoot what people think she's sane all right in fact she makes a lot better sense than my pop it was three or four years ago when i was a little kid and i came tearing down our stairs crying mad after some fight with pop that i first met kate i plunged out of her door and into the street without looking at the same moment i heard break scream and felt someone yank me back by the scruff of my neck i got dropped in a heap on the sidewalk i looked up and there was a shiny black car with md plates and kate waving her umbrella at the driver and shouting listen doctor big shot whose life are you saving can't you even watch out for a sniveling little kid crossing the street the doctor looked pretty sheepish and so did i a few people on the sidewalk stopped to watch and snicker at us our janitor butch was there shaking his finger at me kate nodded to him and told him she was taking me home to mop me up yes him said butch he says yes and all the ladies kate dragged me along by the hand to her apartment she didn't say anything when we got there just dumped me in a chair with a couple of kittens then she got me a cup of tea and a bowl of cottage cheese that stopped me snuffling to ask what do i put the cottage cheese on don't put it on anything just eat it eat a bowl of it every day here have an orange too but no cookies or candy none of that sweet starchy stuff and no string beans they're not good for you my eyes must have popped but i guess i knew right that first...