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"Yes," said the old clock, "now that you recall the incident, I recollect it well. I was here then, in this very corner, and I remember that I laughed at the cat and chided her for her awkwardness. My reproaches irritated her; she told me that a clock's duty was to run itself down, _not_ to be depreciating the merits of others! Yes, I recall the time; that cat's tongue is fully as sharp as her claws." YES SAID THE OLD CLOCK NOW THAT YOU RECALL THE INCIDENT I RECOLLECT IT WELL I WAS HERE THEN IN THIS VERY CORNER AND I REMEMBER THAT I LAUGHED AT THE CAT AND CHIDED HER FOR HER AWKWARDNESS MY REPROACHES IRRITATED HER SHE TOLD ME THAT A CLOCK'S DUTY WAS TO RUN ITSELF DOWN NOT TO BE DEPRECATING THE MERITS OF OTHERS YES I RECALL THE TIME THAT CAT'S TONGUE IS FULLY AS SHARP AS HER CLAWS
there was any such archfiend as a cat; but she came to be convinced to the contrary one memorable night, on which occasion she lost two inches of her beautiful tail, and received so terrible a fright that for fully an hour afterward her little heart beat so violently as to lift her off her feet and bump her head against the top of our domestic hole. The cat that deprived my sister of so large a percentage of her vertebral colophon was the same brindled ogress that nowadays steals ever and anon into this room, crouches treacherously behind the sofa, and feigns to be asleep, hoping, forsooth, that some of us, heedless of her hated presence, will venture within reach of her diabolical claws. So enraged was this ferocious monster at the escape of my sister that she ground her fangs viciously together, and vowed to take no pleasure in life until she held in her devouring jaws the innocent little mouse which belonged to the mangled bit of tail she even then clutched in her remorseless claws. LIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY SUCH ARCOPHIND AS A CAT BUT SHE CAME TO BE CONVINCED TO THE CONTRARY ONE MEMORABLE NIGHT ON WHICH OCCASIONS SHE LOST TWO INCHES OF HER BEAUTIFUL TAIL AND RECEIVED SO TERRIBLE A FRIGHT THAT FOR FULLY AN HOUR AFTERWARD HER LITTLE HEART BEAT SO VIOLENTLY AS TO LIFT HER OFF HER FEET AND BUMP HER HEAD AGAINST THE TOP OF OUR DOMESTIC HOLE THE CAT THAT DEPRIVED MY SISTER OF SO LARGE A PERCENTAGE OF HER VERTEBRAL CALAPHONE WAS THE SAME BRINDLED OGRESS THAT NOWADAYS STEALS EVER AND ANON INTO THIS ROOM CROUCHES TREACHEROUSLY BEHIND THE SOFA AND FEIGNS TO BE ASLEEP HOPING FORSOOTH THAT SOME OF US HEEDLESS OF HER HATED PRESENCE WILL VENTURE WITHIN REACH OF HER DIABOLICAL CLAUSE SO ENRAGED WAS THIS FEROCIOUS MONSTER AT THE ESCAPE OF MY SISTER THAT SHE GROUND HER FANGS VICIOUSLY TOGETHER AND VOWED TO TAKE NO PLEASURE IN LIFE UNTIL SHE HELD IN HER DEVOURING JAWS THE INNOCENT LITTLE MOUSE WHICH BELONGED TO THE MANGLED BIT OF TAIL SHE EVEN THEN CLUTCHED IN HER REMORSELESS CLAWS
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