A Cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary¹ were ailing², dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking with him his cane³ and the instruments becoming his profession, went to the aviary, knocked at the door, and inquired of the inmates⁴ how they all did, saying that if they were ill, he would be happy to prescribe for them and cure them. They replied: "We are all very well, and shall continue so, if you will only be good enough to go away, and leave us as we are."