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Sophisticated or streetwise, poised or plallful, cats have long teased the imaginations of writers and painters into timeless tributes.

A cat may look at a queen-or a king, or you or me-and probably won't think too much of any of us. A properly humble human observer once summed it up, "A cat is a sovereign state with a tail." Apart from the incidental point that some of the most regal cats don't have tails, this epigram expresses pretty accurately the attitude of America's 20 million or so cats toward us people who think we are running the country. The fact seems to be that while a dog is usually willing to accept human beings as equals, any cat-from the disdainfully fluffed-up Persian to the mauled-up ruler of the alley jungles-is absolutely certain that people are inferior animals.

A lot of human beings have also subscribed to this cat's-eye view, and through the ages some of the most highly intelligent and civilized nations have deified and worshiped cats, undoubtedly to the satisfaction of all concerned. There are, indeed, a good many reasons why cats should assume a natural superiority. This can readilybe established by asking any honest man or woman who "owns" one.

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