Mabel took her cat to a pet photographer. At home, the cat sat upright like a prince. In the studio it hid under the chair.
The photographer offered a toy mouse, then a treat. The cat refused both. Mabel showed him a dozen perfect photographs on her phone.
“How did you take those?” he asked.
“While he thought I was photographing the flowers,” she said.
The photographer put down his camera and arranged a vase.
The cat climbed onto the stool and posed beautifully.
The photographer picked up his camera. The cat went straight back under the chair.
“Good,” Mabel said. “Now you’ve met him.”