Ten days ago Tom produced a cough that came from deep inside him by the loud, barking sound of it.
I thought vomiting would follow the heaving of his stomach and put him out the nearest door. Over
several days the same thing happened, but he managed to swallow and conquer whatever made him produce such an upheaval in sound -- beyond an ordinary cough which might have been due to a
hair ball. Thank heaven he never did throw up anything.
Then the malady subsided. I heard no more coughing. Then a couple of days ago, he meowed a
small kitten like comment followed by more attempts to voice his message. Weak, cracking vocalized feline language.
I've tried to figure out what happened. He ate without difficulty his full meals, as usual. But I hadn't heard him speak, I recalled. At last, I concluded he had eaten, or swallowed, something that got in the way of his voice which had to dissolve out of his way. I must think like a cat. At least, that's my analysis. Perhaps, a rat's tail?I
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