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Perspective: The Cat Walk

Illustration by Isabel Castanon
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It's fairly easy to walk on two legs. You know, left leg forward then right leg forward. But when you have four legs like cats and dogs, things become much more complicated.

Cats move both their front leg and back leg forward on the left, and then their front leg and back leg forward at the same time on their right. And that's how they get along.

Dogs, on the other hand, move their rear leg forward on the left, then their front leg forward on the left. And then their rear leg forward on the right, and then their front leg forward on the right.

Well, you know, different strokes for different folks. I personally like the cat's walk better, because the cat moves its front and back legs forward at the same time.

For me the moral of the story is: WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING, DO IT ALL AT ONCE! But that's just me.

What do you think?

Tom McBride is co-author of the annual Beloit College Mindset List. He is a specialist in Shakespeare. For 42 years he taught at Beloit, where he won an award for excellence in teaching. He also coordinated the Mackey Distinguished Writers' Program and the First Year Initiatives Program.