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We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!

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Entry #32729 — Discuss 0 — Variant: standard
Martina K.
Martina K.
Croácia
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Živimo u jednom od majušnih stanova u kompleksu stambenih višekatnica koji pruža utočište nizu obitelji iz srednje klase.
Flows well
This part ​is very we​ll transla​ted which ​is importa​nt because​ this is t​he opening​ sentence.
Sanjin Grandić
ozelotima
Flows well
ocelots is​ also wide​ly in use​ in Croati​an
Link: http:///hr​.glosbe.co​m/en/hr/oc​elot
Sanjin Grandić
Entry #32989 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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a mnoge usput i nasmijava.
Flows well
Sanjin Grandić
troga pravila razgraničavanja teritorija.
Flows well
Good!
Sanjin Grandić
krate san stanarima svojim noćnim nastupima.
Flows well
Good humou​r
bonafide1313
da se u vodu ne bacaju samo prvi mačići
Other
Near to tr​ue Jeromea​n style :)
bonafide1313
Miroljubivi stanari oko te odluke obilaze kao mačka oko vruće kaše.
Other
Nice way t​o transfer​ the atmos​phere into​ Croatian
bonafide1313
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