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Cats and More Cats l While in New York, I lived in a small town near the shores of Lake Ontario. The mix of people who lived there could be quite diverse and interesting. There were doctors and lawyers, farmers and merchants, and even a few that might be considered hillbillies. This latter group were the ones that I often found the most interesting. But of all the families I visited, one stands out in my mind. On Sundays, a coworker and I went to a little white church with a very small congregation. One of the older men that attended there, a lay leader, invited us to come to dinner. He was a man who seemed more like the doctor-lawyer type. He was old enough that his children were married, and his wife had passed away. Thus he lived the life of an old bachelor. We agreed to come over for dinner, and the arrangements were made. The evening came after a long day of work, and we made our way to his house. When we pulled into his yard, we were surprised to see rundown 29