At least 6 known murders this spring. How many more unsolved mysteries? How many nests rendered empty?
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Bird or toe, if it moves, it dies.
Never a wicker man around when you need one.....
Be not ye misled by the superficial beauty and elegance of the catfolk. If ye eliminate the fur, and then take the photonegative, ye shall unveil the true face of evil.
Awww, I wish mine still hunted animals. He's getting a bit old & arthritic, I think. Still is up for killing camel crickets, though. Sometimes in the summer I'll wake up & there'll be a dismembered carcass in my room, and I think, "My protector was here!" Now I've gotta go pet him for awhile.