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A Pregnant Stray Cat, A Tall Bookshelf, and A Moral

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A pregnant cat and a tall bookshelf can teach us a lot about perception. We'll start with the the legendary tale of "The Pregnant Stray Cat," which happened today. Which also means it's not that legendary yet, but if we pass the story along and add some embellishments, it could be one of the greatest epics of our time. Story 1: What to do with a pregnant stray cat Dallin and I were concluding an evening walk with our dog Ahsoka when Dallin spotted a very fat gray cat in our shared backyard space. He went over to say hi and we noticed that she had some scarring on her lips and walked with a pitiful limp on her back leg. She seemed pretty dirty and had many burrs stuck in her fur as well. We made two assumptions from this image: 1. She was a stray. 2. She was very pregnant.  Dallin spent the next hour sitting outside with the very-pregnant-cat, hoping that she wasn't carrying any sort of ear mites or other bug. We weren't sure what to do and were