Tales from Catland, for little kittens, by an old tabby [signed Tabitha Grimalkin]. |
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... gowns , some of cloth of gold , some of silver tissue ; besides a great many others , nearly as good , that she wore every day . But my story has not so much to do with the princess , as with her cats , for she had THE THREE CATS.
... gowns , some of cloth of gold , some of silver tissue ; besides a great many others , nearly as good , that she wore every day . But my story has not so much to do with the princess , as with her cats , for she had THE THREE CATS.
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... silver , in the shape of a nau- tilus - shell ; and the curtains were of pale blue satin , embroidered with silver flowers : you never saw such a lovely bed as it was ! And the longer the princess watched the light flashing so merrily ...
... silver , in the shape of a nau- tilus - shell ; and the curtains were of pale blue satin , embroidered with silver flowers : you never saw such a lovely bed as it was ! And the longer the princess watched the light flashing so merrily ...
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... silver head to it . " Come hither , pretty Friskarina ! " cried the old lady ; and stooping down , she patted her back , saying , " So you were going to save your own dinner for me , you good little creature . " Friskarina looked at her ...
... silver head to it . " Come hither , pretty Friskarina ! " cried the old lady ; and stooping down , she patted her back , saying , " So you were going to save your own dinner for me , you good little creature . " Friskarina looked at her ...
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... silver nautilus - shell , with its pale blue satin curtains , was gone also , and in its place , there was a plain little bed , with brown stuff fur- niture , so exceedingly ugly and dismal , that the princess declared to herself she ...
... silver nautilus - shell , with its pale blue satin curtains , was gone also , and in its place , there was a plain little bed , with brown stuff fur- niture , so exceedingly ugly and dismal , that the princess declared to herself she ...
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... silver col- lars round their necks , and bearing between them what seemed to be a small white box , which they gently placed upon the lawn , and then they flew away . The white box grew taller and taller , larger and larger ; till , in ...
... silver col- lars round their necks , and bearing between them what seemed to be a small white box , which they gently placed upon the lawn , and then they flew away . The white box grew taller and taller , larger and larger ; till , in ...
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