"H.'s stories yesterday in the office. The stone breaker on the highway
who begged a frog from him, held it by the feet and with three bites
swallowed down first the little head, then the rump and finally the
feet. -- The best way to kill cats, who cling stubbornly to life:
Squeeze their throats in a closed door and pull their tails..."
Kafka's Diary, September 18, 1912.