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uncle, the new mail-delivery person,

came driving into view. The boys

waited in the willows and watched.

Finally came the moment Lenny had

dreamed of. With the car window

down, Lenny’s uncle opened the little

mailbox door to stick in the mail.

The cat, seeing a chance to

escape, jumped into the car. Finding

itself caged, it flew around the car,

ripping everything it could get its

claws on. Lenny’s uncle panicked,

let off the brake, then hit it, then let

off. The car lurched in zigzags across

the road as Lenny’s uncle tried to

fight off the cat and get away from it.

Finally, the cat, seeing the open