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Sadie the cat wasn’t too tough. She’d bully one little patchwork thing and run him off. But all the raccoons and other cats, it took one of us standing behind her to give her courage. Once she saw the other creature begin to slink off, she’d fluff up and do a little side-ways bounce across the grass a ways, and then act all pleased with herself for giving the extra oomph to send the critter skittering.