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shares together; but, for my part, after I have
eaten up my cat, and made myself a muff from his
skin, I must then die of hunger."
The cat, who heard all this, but pretended
otherwise, said to him with a grave and serious
air, "Do not be so concerned, my good master. If
you will but give me a bag, and have a pair of
boots made for me, that I may scamper through
the dirt and the brambles, then you shall see that
you are not so poorly off with me as you
imagine."
The cat's master did not build very much upon
what he said. However, he had often seen him
play a great many cunning tricks to catch rats and
mice, such as hanging by his heels, or hiding
himself in the meal, and pretending to be dead;
so he did take some hope that he might give him
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