Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.

They weren't feral cats; they were his pets.

If human lives be,
for their very brevity, sweet,
then beast lives are sweeter still...