Did you ever see anything so funny,—a cat carrying a frog in his mouth? You perhaps, say, “I have seen cats catch mice and birds.” Yes, and so have I, but never did I see a cat catch a frog!
It seems that this cat, “Tom”, to amuse his mistress would bring in a toad or a frog, and lay it at her feet, his eyes round and glaring, and his tail as stiff as a poker. The poor creatures used to squeal piteously, but as Tom never harmed them, when let go, they would hop away into the garden.
No doubt, our little readers could tell many interesting and cute tricks their cats and kittens have done. They are very graceful in oh their movements, and often make one laugh.
The cat is one of God’s dumb creatures. You and I are God’s creatures, but of a higher order. God gave to man intelligence, and so man is responsible to God for what He does and says.
God has given His Word to us, and in it He tells you and me that we are sinners, and that we need a Saviour, and that He loved us and sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die for us on the cross, and that there is no other way for sinners to get to heaven than by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.
ML 11/29/1936