Mews Items: Amazing but True Cat Stories
by By Zullo, Allan and Bovsun, Mara
Category: Humor , Topic , Animals

They are charming and cunning, affectionate and aloof, obedient and stubborn. They are loyal, playful, and sweet-but only on their terms. They have been domesticated for 3,000 years-and we still haven't figured them out.   Mews Items celebrates the enigmatic nature of the cat with more than 150 amazing and astounding stories that will leave cat lovers of all ages clawing for more. Included are tales about such felines as:     " Big Boy, who lived in a tree for three years and never came down.   " An abandoned kitten who was found swimming miles from land in the Gulf of Mexico.   " The cat burglars who sneaked into neighbors' houses and carted off clothes, shoes,  and other personal items.   " Skittles, who walked more than 400 miles in the dead of winter to be reunited with his  owners.   " Pip, who unwittingly got himself sealed inside a FedEx box and shipped hundreds of  miles away.   " Aggie, who drove an intruder out of her owners' home, even though she was blind.   These crazy cat tales will be especially relished by the more than one-third of  Americans who own at least one cat.