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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." 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
 course, her parents were vastly annoyed, for their maturer natures saw that this youthful scepticism portended serious, if not fatal, consequences. Yet all in vain did the sagacious couple reason and plead with their headstrong and heretical child. "For a long time Squeaknibble would not believe that 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.  OF HER MIND OF COURSE HER PARENTS WERE VASTLY ANNOYED FOR THEIR MATURER NATURES SAW THAT THIS YOUTHFUL SKEPTICISM PORTENDED SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL CONSEQUENCES YET ALL IN VAIN DID THE SAGACIOUS COUPLE REASON AND PLEAD WITH THEIR HEADSTRONG AND HERETICAL CHILD FOR A LONG TIME SQUEAK NIBBLE WOULD NOT BELIEVE 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
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