Cats, Part Two
The main distinction# between the big cats and the small cats# is to do with sound.
The big cats roar, the small cats do not.
A tiger roars, your pet cat does not. 
This is why the leopard,# although it is much bigger than your cat at home,# is categorized as a small cat.
The snow leopard does not roar.
In fact, it makes very little noise at all.
It likes to sit up high in a tree,# surveying the ground beneath,# on the lookout for its next meal.
When it spots suitable prey,# it creeps down its tree very quietly.
It slinks noiselessly along the ground.
Then suddenly it pounces.
When it has killed, or half killed its prey,# the leopard drags it up the tree.
A leopard can drag animals# much heavier than itself# right up high into a tree.
There, it will maybe leave# the dead animal for a while.
It might want dinner later,# or tomorrow, or the next day.
So the next time your pet cat# brings home a mouse or a bird,# just be thankful it does not# hide the bird or mouse somewhere up high,# keeping it for a late supper.
Or maybe you should check# that high shelf in your bedroom.