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Street Cat named Bob

By: James Bowen
Reading Level: AD45OL
Maturity Level: 12 and under

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It only took me a couple of days to introduce Bob to the harness. I began just by letting him wear it around the house, sometimes with the lead attached. At first he was a bit confused at having this extra-long, leather tail trailing behind him. But he soon got used to it. Every time he wore it I made sure to praise him for doing so. I knew the worst thing I could do was shout at him, not that I ever did that anyway.
After a couple of days we progressed to going on short walks with it on. When we were out busking, I stuck to the old collar most of the time, but then every now and again I’d slip the harness on for a short section of the walk to work, SLowly but surely it became second nature to him to have the harness on.
Bob was still coming with me every day.
We didn’t stay out too long. I didn’t want to inflict that on him. Even though I already had a feeling he would follow me to the ends of the earth, and even though he was always sitting on my shoulders and didn’t have to walk, I wasn’t going to do that to him.

Comprehension Questions


1. How did Bob the cat react when he had the harness on?
A. Confused
B. mad
C. scared


2. Why was the cat harness trained?
A. Go to on adventure with his owner
B. For the fun of it
C. So he didn't get lost

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