Originally posted by Aztec
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The Halfling

When I was a school girl in the mid Fifties, I went with my school friend, Rose, to choose a kitten from a litter she had. She asked me if I would like to see something rather strange but she warned me I must keep it secret.


Her next door neighbours, an elderly couple, owned a black Persian female cat and a Pekinese dog. These two animals had grown up together and were obviously on VERY friendly terms because they had produced an off spring!


This strange creature, half cat,half dog, was their progeny. Its general shape and size were that of the dog, small out turning feet with retractable cats claws protruding from dog's pads. A curly coat, not dog hair, but soft cat fur. The tail born across the back curling like a Peke's. The nose, pug like, the whiskers, full face like a cat, the eyes round and bulbous, black Peke like, but with the cat like pupil action by which cats see at night. It snuffled like a Peke dog does and its tongue lolled out, but the texture on the tongue was rough like a cats. Its ears were pricked, like a cats.


The elderly couple explained that they had told no one because they feared that it would be taken away because it was so odd and remarkable and they loved it dearly.


Erica Lee, Sussex, England