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broom knew better. And to add to
that, she had an old black cat that
Lenny was sure was possessed with
something, perhaps it was the same
stuff Mrs. Beaton drank.
Whatever it was, on the night
Lenny cut through the yard, the cat
was waiting for him. It had climbed
the gatepost, and when Lenny went
through in the dark, the cat launched
out at him like a panther coming out
of a jungle canopy. Lenny barely
knew what hit him as he was knocked
to the ground with the hissing,
snarling little beast on him. He was
still trying to fend it off and make a
break for it when Mrs. Beaton came
