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A Housefly

We deploy a cat to get rid of a field-mouse But why swat a 'housefly' when it's inside the house

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 10/4/2019 9:51:00 AM
hmmm... cause it’s my house. He can get his own! ;)
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Date: 10/3/2019 8:37:00 PM
good point...my cat (who passed many years ago) loved to bat the bugs and catch them as well as the mice, even my sons iguanas one night...wonderful poem :)
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/4/2019 4:54:00 AM
Ate both of them... my son was rather upset
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/3/2019 9:00:00 PM
Come on! A cat who went after an iguana. That was some cat!! :) gw
Date: 10/3/2019 5:08:00 PM
Your logic is sound. Love the word play.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/3/2019 6:53:00 PM
Of course, the cat usually gets the mouse; as for the flyswatter,… Well,... Thanks, Caren
Date: 10/3/2019 4:38:00 PM
Can't argue with that logic, Gershon.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/3/2019 6:52:00 PM
Ha, ha! I set a semantic mousetrap there. Methinks the logic of swatting the fly is impeccable. LOL. Thanks, Line! :) gw

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