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de Versailles like a fabulous sovereign, amid masked
           balls and unending escapades. Once I ended up in
           that realm and I saw miniature ships on the Grand
           Canal, with the Sun King and his courtiers
           playing naval combat. I suddenly stood aside
           when a coach arrived to the gates: the coach
           stopped before going in, and a lord dismounted
           and said:
             - Monsieur chat! Pardon: Madame chat!
             He really was talking to me, and invited me to
           get in his coach. I was uncomfortable, because I
           was in such a bad state, but I acted nonchalant - a
           cat can always look fair. Then I bowed slightly and
           accepted the invite.
             The man was Charles Perrault, the Architect of
           the Sun King and his favorite storyteller. He told
           me that his majesty loved fairy-tales, and that
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