2535. Toxic flowers © Bruce Goodman 5 October 2022

Austin’s next-door neighbour had twenty-four cats. No kidding. They swarmed all over the place, including on Austin’s property. Austin detested them. He didn’t mind a cat now and again, but twenty-four of them were a horror. Besides being everywhere, they seemed to favour Austin’s lettuce patch in the garden to do a certain business. There was only one thing for it: he planted lilies all around his garden. They’re poisonous to cats. Problem solved. Austin’s next-door neighbour had one cat. At least for a while. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story