another johnny gruelle - on a lonely cat

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I'm revisiting Rhymes for Kindly Children because I couldn't stop thinking about how much another Gruelle illustration said with very little.  This accompanies the poem:

The Thoughtless Neighbor

The people in the house next door

Seem very nice to meet;

But they leave their cat all summer

Without a bite to eat.

They go away and leave her,

Poor hungry, lonesome cat!

No person who was really kind

Would treat a pet like that.

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Did you spot the cat yet?  Here.

A lonely little scrap knocking on the door, where no one will answer.