Joseph needs some exercise--he was getting too fat.

And Rusty has to learn he isn't the only cat in the world." Eventually Joseph and Rusty accepted the situation and from sworn enemies became sworn friends.

They slept on the same cushion with their paws about each other, and gravely washed each other's faces.
"We've all got used to each other," said Phil.

"And I've learned how to wash dishes and sweep a floor." "But you needn't try to make us believe you can chloroform a cat," laughed Anne.
"It was all the fault of the knothole," protested Phil.
"It was a good thing the knothole was there," said Aunt Jamesina rather severely.

"Kittens HAVE to be drowned, I admit, or the world would be overrun.