“They tell me you're still in high school?” Larry led him with a question.

   “I'm a senior at Jefferson,” Dennis said. “I'll be graduating in May.”

   “And you wrote a little song about a black cat,” Larry went on. “It just so happens that our station mascot is a black cat,” Larry said into the camera.

   “Yes, we have cat named Streak,” Dennis explained. “I just got to watchin' him one day, and I wrote a song about him.”

   “Okay, kids, let's give a warm welcome for Denny Taylor singing his original song, Alley Cat,” Larry said, and then he stepped down from the platform.

   The kids applauded,...

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