Maggie Strikes Again.

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Now in this book I have been telling you guys about, there is a character by the name of Maggie. She is a bit of a hypochondriac, a little eccentric and is considered the town spinster. Dr. O'Reilly handles her in a delicate manner. At one time he "prescribed" vitamins to rid her of an incessant headache she claims forms "two inches above her cranium." The woman is really harmless. As most might assume by her being a spinster, she also owns a cat. Dr. O'Reilly happens to be a fan of the feline persuasion and has fostered a cat of his own. On this occasion he and the Dr. Taylor (who narrates these stories) are coming back from a house call when they decide to stop in on Maggie. Dr. O'Reilly needs her advice on the problem of his cat scratching the furniture. Maggie sets them down to tea and they soon get on with the conversation. Dr. O'Reilly begs her for advice on how to get his cat to stop scratching. Meanwhile, The General, Maggie's own cat has sat peacefully at the foot of the couch they are occupying. Maggie exits the room blabbering on about something that would "do just the trick." She comes out with a scratching post and her cat decides it's about time he scrams under the end table. Dr. Taylor observes this with some bemusement. Dr. O'Reilly exclaims "Oh well that would do just the trick! So the cat will take up scratching it and not my furniture?" Maggie looks puzzled for a moment before she explains that she uses it to beat the cat when he tries to scratch the furniture. Well that explains why her cat hid when the post came out. Poor Maggie, she had no idea what it was really supposed to be used for.