Our Cat Butchie (Haiku)

It's not what you've got
But rather how you use it
That's what counts the most

When my son brought her home after rescuing her from neighborhood ruffians, he thought she was a male cat and named her Butch.  Sometime later we found out she was not and changed her name to Butchie.  She had a litter of kittens, from the tomcat next door, I'm sure.  There were four of them.
She had them out of doors in the front yard one afternoon when a neighborhood dog, several times her size, became curious and came towards her and her litter.  Butchie became twice her size, every hair on her body seemed to stand straight out; her tail was straight up and likewise inflated in size.  She hissed and charged the dog with claws extended.  The dog went scurrying away.