Title: The Cat And The Birds
Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce]
Hearing that the Birds in an aviary were ill, a Cat went to them and said that he was a physician, and would cure them if they would let him in.
"To what school of medicine do you belong?" asked the Birds.
"I am a Miaulopathist," said the Cat.
"Did you ever practise Gohomoeopathy?" the Birds inquired, winking faintly.
The Cat took the hint and his leave.
[The end]
Ambrose Bierce's short story: The Cat And The Birds