His big voice drowned the others out.

Though Mr.and Mrs.Morris liked him very much, when they were alone they often ridiculed this disagreeable habit.
"'Bessie and General Peterson are just alike,' Mrs.Morris used to say jokingly, when the parrot pushed herself into notice by her loud jabbering.

'Neither of them can endure to have any one else receive attention when they are present.' "Although Bessie had not a pony to ride on as Johnny had, she took a great many jaunts around the parlors on the cat's back.

This cat was a great pet in the house.

A very striking-looking cat he was too.