The 16-pound beef ball

We have this cat, Frank, who I recently learned is the neighborhood bully. This came as a total surprise to us, because at home he is the most loving animal you will ever meet. He's probably part dog, he is so loyal. But apparently there is more than one side to young Franklin, as we learned this week. I went outside to find him and bring him inside and he had cornered another, anonymous cat under our neighbor's chair. He was growling in this unholy baritone voice, just staring down the other cat without moving. When our dog, Milo, saw what was going on he joined in the fray, chasing the other cat around the corner of our neighbor's house and causing quite a stir. After our neighbor saw what had happened (she was the first one to hear Franklin's unholy grumble) she said that Frank wastes no opportunity to fight our other neighbor's cat, Groucho. I am still surprised by Franklin's dual personality: part loving buddy, part ass beater.