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<v Speaker 1>The sandy cat. The sandy cat sat by the kitchen

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<v Speaker 1>fire yesterday. It had had no supper this morning. Everyone

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<v Speaker 1>had forgotten it all night. It had caught no mice

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<v Speaker 1>all day. As yet, it had tasted no milk. A

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<v Speaker 1>little gray mouse, a saucerful of milk, a few fish

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<v Speaker 1>or chicken bones would have satisfied it. But no gray mouse,

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<v Speaker 1>with its soft, stringy tail behind it ran across the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>No milk was near, No chicken bones, no fish, no anything.

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<v Speaker 1>The serving maid had been washing clothes and was hanging

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<v Speaker 1>them out to dry. The children had loitered on their

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<v Speaker 1>way to school and were wondering what the master would

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<v Speaker 1>say to them. The father had gone to the fair

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<v Speaker 1>to help a neighbor to choose a horse. The mother

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<v Speaker 1>sat making a patchwork quilt. No one thought of the

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<v Speaker 1>sandy cat. It sat by the fire, alone and hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>At last, the clothes were all a drying. The children

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<v Speaker 1>had been scolded and sat learning a lesson for the morrow.

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<v Speaker 1>The father came from the fair, and the patchwork quilt

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<v Speaker 1>was put away. The serving maid put on a white

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<v Speaker 1>apron with a frill and a clean cap, then taking

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<v Speaker 1>the sandy cat in her arms. Said Pussy, Shall we

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<v Speaker 1>go into the garden. So they went and walked up

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<v Speaker 1>and down, up and down the pathway, till at last

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<v Speaker 1>they stopped before a rose tree. The serving maid held

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<v Speaker 1>up the cat to smell the roses, but with one

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<v Speaker 1>long bound it leaped from her arms and away away

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<v Speaker 1>whither ah, dear children, I cannot tell, for I was

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<v Speaker 1>not there to see. But if ever you are a

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<v Speaker 1>sandy cat, know that it is a terrible thing to

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<v Speaker 1>be asked to smell roses when you are longing for

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<v Speaker 1>a saucerful of milk and a gray mouse with a soft,

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<v Speaker 1>stringy tail, And of the sandy cat,