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INTRODUCTION.
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eyes, as much as to say, "Don't you see how sore my eyes are? Why don't you do something for me?"
She was never good for any thing as a mouser after that accident, nor for very much to play with. I recollect hearing my mother say one day to somebody,—"Pussy was spoiled by her experience in the cradle. She would like to be rocked the rest of her days, I do believe; and it is too funny to see her turn up her nose at tough beef. It was a pity she ever got a taste of tenderloin!"
At last, what with good feeding and very little exercise, she grew so fat that she was clumsy, and so lazy that she did
