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Proudly and slowly, as they spoke, drew up to them a camel, whose rider sought entrance to the city. His face shone with the sunset by which for long he had steered for the city's gate. PROUDLY AND SLOWLY AS THEY SPOKE DREW UP TO THEM A CAMEL WHOSE RIDER SOUGHT ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HIS FACE SHONE WITH THE SUNSET BY WHICH FOR LONG HE HAD STEERED FOR THE CITY'S GATE
 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. 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. They rose slowly, and all stretched themselves, then they came leisurely towards the fishes. 'It is only a miracle,' they said in their hearts." And the watchers in the gate said, "Enter in.  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 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 THEY ROSE SLOWLY AND ALL STRETCHED THEMSELVES THEN THEY CAME LEISURELY TOWARD THE FISHES IT IS ONLY A MIRACLE THEY SAID IN THEIR HEARTS AND THE WATCHERS IN THE GATE SAID ENTER IN
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