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Then I returned and threw them all over the railing at the top of the great wall, and they fell for thirty feet, and hit the sacred marble with a smack. "Now, in any other town but Rome, or in the minds of any other cats, the sight of fishes falling out of heaven had surely excited wonder. THEN I RETURNED AND THREW THEM ALL OVER THE RAILING AT THE TOP OF THE GREAT WALL AND THEY FELL FOR THIRTY FEET AND HIT THE SACRED MARBLE WITH A SMACK NOW IN ANY OTHER TOWN BUT ROME OR IN THE MINDS OF ANY OTHER CATS THE SIGHT OF FISHES FALLING OUT OF HEAVEN HAD SURELY EXCITED WONDER
their desolate snow, to draw what comfort they can from their vast aspect over all the cities of men, and from the whispers that they hear at evening of unknown distant gods." And the watchers in the gate said, "Enter in." Then a man stood up who came out of the west, and told a western tale. He said: "There is a road in Rome that runs through an ancient temple that once the gods had loved; it runs along the top of a great wall, and the floor of the temple lies far down beneath it, of marble, pink and white. "Upon the temple floor I counted to the number of thirteen hungry cats. "'Sometimes,' they said among themselves, 'it was the gods that lived here, sometimes it was men, and now it's cats. So let us enjoy the sun on the hot marble before another people comes.' "For it was at that hour of a warm afternoon when my fancy is able to hear silent voices. "And the awful leanness of all those thirteen cats moved me to go into a neighbouring fish shop, and there to buy a quantity of fishes. T TO LEAVE THE MOUNTAINS ALONE WITH THEIR DESOLATE SNOW TO DRAW WHAT COMFORT THEY CAN FROM THEIR VAST ASPECT OVER ALL THE CITIES OF MEN AND FROM THE WHISPERS THAT THEY HEAR AT EVENING OF UNKNOWN DISTANT GODS AND THE WATCHERS IN THE GATE SAID ENTER IN THEN A MAN STOOD UP WHO CAME OUT OF THE WEST AND TOLD A WESTERN TALE HE SAID THERE IS A ROAD IN ROME THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ANCIENT TEMPLE THAT ONCE THE GODS HAD LOVED IT RUNS ALONG THE TOP OF A GREAT WALL AND THE FLOOR OF THE TEMPLE LIES FAR DOWN BENEATH IT OF MARBLE PINK AND WHITE UPON THE TEMPLE FLOOR I COUNTED TO THE NUMBER OF THIRTEEN HUNGRY CATS SOMETIMES THEY SAID AMONG THEMSELVES IT WAS THE GODS THAT LIVED HERE SOMETIMES IT WAS MEN AND NOW ITS CATS SO LET US ENJOY THE SUN ON THE HOT MARBLE BEFORE ANOTHER PEOPLE COMES FOR IT WAS AT THAT HOUR OF A WARM AFTERNOON WHEN MY FANCY IS ABLE TO HEAR SILENT VOICES AND THE AWFUL LEANNESS OF ALL THOSE THIRTEEN CATS MOVED ME TO GO INTO A NEIGHBOURING FISH SHOP AND THERE TO BUY A QUANTITY OF FISHES
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