This is the snake my tiny tabby was afraid of when she saw it on the floor
where my nephew had left it four years ago when I brought her home from the
shelter.

A few months later I got it out again and she began conquering it several
times a day with great howling and crying and bringing it to me and dropping
it at my feet, or up on the bed where I am sleeping.

Often I hear her begin to howl on the third floor, and next thing I know she
zooms by the couch where  I am sitting and drops it at my feet on the say. I
have never seen a cat get more joy out of a toy.

Note the many tears and toothholes. It lost its head a couple of years ago,
but I saved it. :)

(The head dangled for a long time. Worried, I stocked up on all manner of
rubber snake from www.rubbersnakes.com, preparing for the day when the head
came off and spoiled the toy for Gracie. Of course she never even noticed.)

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