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them for a small slice of bread, they answered
           that he could ask me for it. The poor lad starved,
           he got scabies and ringworm and eventually
           everybody started to shun him. And so, as in
           every other tale of mine, I took pity on him.
           Moreover, I also wanted to show him that a cat is
           worth more than you would think when her
           master loves her and has confidence in her.
             I began to hunt and offered my preys to the
           king, telling him that those presents were sent by
           my master, a noble lord. Since his majesty often
           invited me for lunch, I ate profusely, and grabbed
           delicious morsels to bring back to the poor lad. I
           was so nimble that nobody ever realized.
             After some time the king said that he desired to
           meet my master. And so I did something
           extraordinary: thanks to me Fortunato had
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