P Chippy's mom clips articles and crosswords from magazines and newspapers and sends them in a manilla envelope once a month. In the 'biz, we could call it a "vertical file". One of the articles that she sent with this batch was the funniest thing I've heard in a while:
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Cat fight takes a wild turn
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WYMAN TOWNSHIP -- A hungry bobcat that thought a frail, older house cat sunning himself on a porch might make an easy meal didn't reckon with its 90-year-old owner.
Mildred Luce, who raised eight children and was used to being self-sufficient in this rural township 21 miles north of Kingfield, didn't think twice when she looked outside and saw her beloved cat's head locked inside the wildcat's mouth.
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