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PET PROTECTION
“Oh, he looks just like Henry!”
Emily nodded. The large black and white cat in the pen nearest the door could have been Henry’s brother. He was lounging on a shelf attached to the side of the pen, with a fat, rather tatty-looking cushion on it. There were cat toys scattered around the floor, but the Henry lookalike didn’t seem very interested in them. He stared at Emily and Maya, and yawned hugely, showing needle-sharp teeth.
“Definitely like Henry,” Maya giggled.
“Only nine cats at the moment,” Lucy said. “Not too many. Most of them are in this big pen together over here, but Whiskers – the big black and white chap – isn’t the most sociable.” She sighed. “He beats the others up. So he has his own pen.”
“Do they ever get to go out of the pens?” Maya asked. She couldn’t imagine Henry staying shut up in a small pen – he’d hate it.
Lucy nodded. “We have an exercise area that backs on to the pens, with a sort of assault course for them to climb on. But they have to take turns. Someone’s coming to see Whiskers tomorrow though,” she added hopefully. “They saw him on the website. You never know. He’s lovely with people, he’s only a big bully to other cats. Anyway. Come and see the guinea
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