Tail Gait

The Really Important Characters

Mrs. Murphy—She’s a tiger cat who is usually cool, calm, and collected. She loves her humans, Tucker the dog, and even Pewter, the other cat, who can be a pill.

Pewter—She’s self-centered and rotund—even intelligent when she wants to be. Selfish as this cat is, she often comes through at the last minute to help and then wants all the credit.

Tee Tucker—This corgi could take your college boards. Deeply devoted to Harry, Fair, and Mrs. Murphy, she is less devoted to Pewter.

Simon—He’s an opossum who lives in the hayloft of the Haristeens’ barn.

Matilda—This large blacksnake has a large sense of humor. She also lives in the hayloft.

Flatface—A great horned owl who lives in the barn cupola, she forever irritates Pewter, even as the snooty cat realizes the bird could easily pick her up and carry her off.

Shortro—This young Saddlebred in Harry’s barn is being trained as a foxhunter. He’s very smart and good-natured.

Tomahawk—Harry’s older Thoroughbred. He and Shortro have been friends a long time.

Piglet—This Welsh corgi goes through war and imprisonment with Lieutenant Charles West. As far as he is concerned, an American canine is as good as a canine who is a subject of George III. Still, he keeps this to himself.

The Lutheran Cats

Elocution—She’s the oldest of the St. Luke’s cats and cares a lot about the “Rev,” as his friends sometimes call the Very Reverend Herbert Jones.

Cazenovia—This cat watches everybody and everything.

Lucy Fur—The youngest of the kitties: While ever playful, she obeys her elders.