I know one of the fun things about all the tom Clancy novels is how he's got 3 or 4 different concurrent narratives going on that eventually all end up coming together. there is at least something like that with this book, although, sometimes you'll be reading along and go "what the heck does that have to do with the story?"
the book might be a little like Shakespeare in that it takes someone smarter than me to point out x, y and z that im probably oblivious to.
without bells! danik, how will the birds and chipmunks and squirrels and whatever else know there is a killer on the prowl if not for her bells?
yes, you might remember from last summer my telling of the kittens and the aggravation with getting the local shelters/clinics to help with her in a timely fashion before another litter came along and finally one stepped up and let me jump the line with her. I trapped her, took her in, they took her 1 1/2 hours away to a lost cost clinic to get fixed (she was in heat when they did the operation, so we couldn't have been cutting it any closer), brought her back, I went to fetch her, and then let her roam free until the weather got back in the late fall.
in the states, free ranging/wild/homeless cats that have been fixed have a small portion of their left ear clipped to that other concerned people can tell their status.
for the most part I leave the door open. sometimes she disappears for hours at a time. a lot of times she hangs around outside of house and comes and goes.
I have a momma deer who hangs out in my yard and I haven't yet seen spritzer noticing her.