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Humor: Kitty and the vet

The other day, as the gang and I sat about in the front of my shop sipping our morning coffee, Hair Ball, the second of my two cats, began making the most disgusting noises. It looked as if the cat was trying to throw up, but nothing came out.
As the rest of us turned rather green at the thought of what might happen, Yodar Hoopelhoffer, the Mount Perry town idiot, watched the proceedings with intent interest. Why anyone would want to watch a thing like this boggled the mind. Yet, here sat Yodar, completely transfixed by what was going on in front of him.

At last Yodar turned to me and said, "Hair Ball, has a hair ball and the cat can't pass the thing in either direction. You need to take your cat to the Veterinarian."
Paying a bit more attention to my long suffering cat, I realized Yodar was quite right. I'd suspected this was a hair ball, but Yodar's comment seemed to confirm my suspicions. The very next morning I dragged the cat carrier out of storage and made ready to put kitty into the thing. This was much easier said than done.
Hair Ball, "Spread Eagled" all four claws over the entrance to the cat carrier and absolutely refused to be put inside, much less have the door closed after the fact. The battle between man and cat went on for several minutes, until, Hair Ball, realized, I was stronger and not about to give up.
Once inside the cat carrier and the door securely locked in place, Hair Ball, began making the most frightening noises. It sounded as if I'd captured a Badger or some other ferocious beast and was transporting the thing in this flimsy looking cat carrier. The more frightening the noises coming from the cat carrier, the flimsier the container looked.
The trip to the Veterinarian's office, though only a few blocks, was a study in the most ferocious noises I'd ever heard come out of a single cat. Hair Ball, was obviously not amused by the experience and wanted the entire world to know just how things looked from inside the cat carrier.
On arriving at the Veterinarian's office, I found the waiting room crowded with people and their sick pets. They smiled politely at me, but I was treated as a plague carrier because of the fierce sounds coming from the cat carrier. The people around me stared with wide eyed amazement at the cat carrier and began moving as far away from the carrier as the four walls allowed.
About this time, Hair Ball, got a whiff of the many dogs and other critters waiting in line with us. Judging by the

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