mrspunkysmom got it! She agreed to do the next puzzle! And Pinot's mom guessed it right, too! It was:

This cat was so sweet and undemanding that I ended up exchanging one false notion
about cats for another. Instead of sharing my parents' belief that cats were trouble,
I decided that they were hardly anything at all, just purring plush toys that wanted
to be petted. Even the dog seemed more intriguing. It never occurred to me
that only a person who was duller than a sleeping dog would make such a mistake about
a cat.

Bob Tarte, Kitty Cornered