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kittens! - She exclaimed, - goodness knows how
much you are suffering, with those little paws of
yours! Let me do it, come on, I shall do it!” She
took upon herself all of the cats’ work and in did
it in a second. Then she washed up, swept the
kitchen floor and put every tool back in its place.
The kitchen now looked like a drawing room and
the cats called for the Mammone cat and mewing
they told him, "She sewed for me!", "She knitted
for me!", "She washed up for me!” They told
Mammone of all the help that they had received
from Caterina, and they were so happy that they
were jumping and hopping all over the room.
The Mammone Cat, hearing what Caterina had
done, asked her, "What do you like for breakfast?
Brown bread and onions or white bread and
cheese?" "Oh! Please, give me brown bread and
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