Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Cats and the People Who Love Them: A Collection in Words and Photographs

By Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

From the impishness of kittens, to the regal mystery of adult cats, our feline companions never cease to captivate our hearts and imagination.

This wonderful volume celebrates the moments we share with our feline friends—those both tender and amusing. It reminds us of the unique idiosyncrasies that keep us in their thrall: their independence and their affection, their mystique, their playfulness and, yes, even their disdain.

Deep down, all cat lovers know that the animals they love are great big lions in disguise. This romantic notion is captured in the photographs, stories, poems and witticisms that grace these pages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul
• Release date: Oct 2, 2012
• ISBN: 9781453280577

Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield, America's #1 Success Coach, is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor with Gay Hendricks of You've GOT to Read This Book! An internationally renowned corporate trainer, Jack has trained and certified over 4,100 people to teach the Success Principles in 115 countries. He is also a podcast host, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL®

CELEBRATES CATS

CHICKEN SOUP

FOR THE SOUL®

CELEBRATES CATS

and the People Who Love Them

A Collection in Words and Photographs by

Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen

and

Sharon J. Wohlmuth

Backlist, LLC, a unit of

Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

Cos Cob, CT

www.chickensoup.com

CONTENTS

The Cat Who Knew How to Live Arnold Fine

Under His Spell Tami Sandlin

Conversion Kelly Stone

Joy Laura Cota

Operation Feline Justice Elizabeth Butler-Witter

Kitty Court Kim G. Weiss

Vavoom’s Lesson in Love Jean Fritz

Miracle from Mulberry Street Kim Chase

The Cat Charles Baudelaire

The Wings of an Angel Joni Strohl

The Fog Carl Sandburg

Of Dogs and Cats Heather M. White

Can I Go Home with You? Pat Holdsworth

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In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods. They have never forgotten this.

—Unknown

THE CAT WHO KNEW HOW TO LIVE

Cookie was a working cat. He lived in a New York grocery store that he kept mouse-free. Cookie was no slouch, and there wasn’t a self-respecting mouse that would dare cross his path.

After patrolling the nooks and crannies of the store at night, he had the run of the neighborhood where he would spend his days wandering. As evening approached, you could almost set your watch by his return to the store. He would arrive promptly five minutes before the store closed.

One cool October evening, Cookie disappeared.

The store’s owners and their children searched for him in vain.

The kids were brokenhearted. As autumn turned to winter, the snow began to fall, covering the streets. Everyone worried about Cookie, alone in the freezing weather. How will he survive? the kids asked.

Miracle of miracles, the following spring, Cookie magically reappeared, looking healthy and clean. Everyone figured Cookie must have been sowing his wild oats in another neighborhood.

Everything went back to normal at the store. Cookie once more checked all the nooks and crannies of the store to make certain there had been no unwelcome visitors while he was away. He did his job perfectly until autumn, when Cookie once again disappeared!

Once more there was considerable consternation by his owners and their children. How would Cookie weather the winter snows and the freezing cold?

The next spring, just when the baby leaves started to form on the trees, Cookie returned again!

Cookie’s owners began asking neighbors for any information as to where he might have been. The kids asked their friends if any of them knew where Cookie went during

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