Mark Twain was extremely fond of cats and always had several in his household throughout his life. In fact, when he had to move to New Hampshire on a project for two months, he rented four felines from a neighbor for the duration.
His family members knew that if they had to interrupt him at work to solve a problem or grant a request, they should always carry a household kitten with them to soften Twain up.
Twain trained one of his cats (or, more likely, the cat trained Twain) to hunker down hidden in one of the pockets on his pool table prior to Twain shooting a game with a guest. When the guest would try to sink a ball into the pocket, the cat would bat it away with his paw.
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