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I grew up in the middle of nowhere northern Michigan and went to a one-room school from K - 6th grade. The school was right across the road from my house. . I had a Siamese cat, Yum Yum, who was sitting on our porch one day minding her own business when the aggressive German Shepard farm dog that lived down the road started approaching our house. It was lunchtime so I was looking out the window of the school and saw the dog heading towards my cat. Upset, I asked the teacher if I could go and rescue my cat, but the dog was too fast. He ran into the yard and straight for Yum Yum.

Yum Yum fuzzed out then launched herself on that dog's back like a ninja and started slapping its eyes like a boss. The dog started "yipping" and whining then beat it out of our yard with Yum Yum riding him like a rodeo star on a bucking bronco. All the kids were cheering and screaming, lol. A minute or two later, Yum Yum came strutting back up the road, tail waving in the air, into our yard, and back onto the porch. I was never so proud of her! And that dog never came into our yard again.

I still miss that cat.