Beware of Cat

One of my great aunts maintained a menagerie in her apartment in Manhattan. She had dogs, cats, and a monkey she called "Cochise". She fed a pigeon at her window that she named "Walter", but he was not the Walter acclaimed for his work on the silver screen. Aunt Bertie had a Park Avenue vet make house calls to care for her flock back when veterinarians did such things, and one day after the treatments she was escorting the doctor back to the elevator when a vengeful cat ran out and bit each in sequence on the ankle, resulting in two awful infections and no more home visits by that particular healer. The dog may or may not be man's best friend, but surely cats are unpredictable.