Like many otherwise sensible people, James Joyce detested, even loathed, dogs; but he thought the world of cats. In the first chapter of Ulysses in which Leopold Bloom appears, the very first conversation is between a hungry feline and a kind-hearted Bloom.
Brainpickings is a blog by Maria Popova.
The link below is to one about James Joyce's childrens' story.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/02/the-cats-of-copenhagen-james-joyce/
