UNEXPECTED GUESTS FOR APPLEHEAD Applehead Forrman was worried over his cat, Compadre, which is Spanish for comrade or something of that sort.

It was a blue cat and it was a big cat, and it had a bellicose disposition, and Applehead was anxious because it had lately declared war on a neighboring coyote and had not come out of the battle unscathed.

Applehead had heard the disturbance and had gone out with a rifle and dispersed the coyote, but not until Compadre had lost half of his tail and a good deal of his self-assurance.

Since that night, almost a week ago, Compadre had been a changed cat.

He had sought dark corners and had yowled when the best friend he had in the world tried to coax him out to his meals.