[SOC] Getting the Message

[Spencer Sholly]

> Getting the Message
> 
> Our young daughter had adopted a stray cat. To my distress,
> he began to use the back of our new sofa as a scratching
> post. "Don't worry," my husband reassured me. "I'll have him
> trained in no time."
> 
> I watched for several days as my husband patiently "trained"
> our new pet. Whenever the cat scratched, my husband
> deposited him outdoors to teach him a lesson.
> 
> The cat learned quickly. For the next 16 years, whenever he
> wanted to go outside, he scratched the back of the sofa!!
> 
> Received from Thomas Ellsworth.