Since this is my "weekend", we walked the dog later and at a more leisurely pace last night. Coming home, she wanted to sniff under a parked van. I was having the housemate check for a cat underneath, since I know the little tabby lives across the street and is left out all night, when the tabby appeared, stalking out of her domain to the middle of the street to challenge the interloper. Kitty put on an impressive display of bravado, with fluffed up tail and threatening postures, but got out of the way when a car appeared, and I took the dog back to the sidewalk.
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