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A Matter of Ceremony [MultiFormat]
eBook by Sharon Lee
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: In the future, cats are valuable, and valued companion creatures, and humans understandably wish to keep them safe. The cats, however, have other ideas.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Amazing Stories, May 1980; Endeavors of Will, SRM Publisher, Ltd., May 2000, 1980
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2007
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [154 KB], eReader (PDB) [25 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [11 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [11 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [73 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [82 KB], hiebook (KML) [56 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [37 KB], iSilo (PDB) [9 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [12 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [40 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [21 KB]
Words: 3435
Reading time: 9-13 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
Hank Jenkins stood like a mannequin in his stiff black suit in the center of the circular Room of High Ceremonies, his cat draped, purring, around his neck. A yellow-robed official, his jeweled and leathered cat tall upon his shoulder, detached himself from the surrounding crowd and stepped close to flank, hissing, "You could have had the decency to let the dressers attend him."
Hank's light blue eyes were innocent. "Well, I told that young fella they sent around that Sundance don't usually take to strangers; but he said he knew all 'bout cats. Pushy kinda fella, y'know? Well, I let 'im try it, 'course, since he was so set ... Doc said his hands'll be fine, couple weeks." He reached over this shoulder, rubbed the orange-and-white's ears. The purr intensified and the official's cat twitched his ears forward. "I combed him, see, and got all the burrs and twigs out of his coat. He does like to bang around in the woods, though--"
Yellow Robe straightened abruptly, horror in his face.
"In the woods!" He shuddered and walked quickly away, leaving Hank and Sundance in undisputed possession of the floor. The shoulder-carried cat looked back once.
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