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Letters from a Cat
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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On
the
fourth
day
after
our
arrival
came
a
letter
from
my
mamma,
giving
me
a
great
many
directions
how
to
behave,
and
enclosing
this
first
letter
from
Pussy.
I
carried
both
letters
in
my
apron
pocket
all
the
time.
They
were
the
first
letters
I
ever
had
received,
and
I
was
very
proud
of
them.
I
showed
them
to
everybody,
and
everybody
laughed
hard
at
Pussy's,
and
asked
me
if
I
believed
that
Pussy
printed
it
herself.
I
thought
perhaps
my
mamma
held
her
paw,
with
the
pen
in
it,
as
she
had
sometimes
held
my
hand
for
me,
and
guided
my
pen
to
write
a
few
words.
I
asked
papa
to
please
to
ask
mamma,
in
his
letter,
if
that
were
the
way
Pussy
did
it;
but
when
his
next
letter
from
mamma
came,
he
read
me
this
sentence
out
of
it:
"Tell
Helen
I
did
not
hold
Pussy's
paw
to
write
that
letter."
So
then
I
felt
sure
Pussy
did
it
herself;
and
as
I
told
you,
I
had
grown
up
to
be
quite
a
big
girl
before
I
began
to
doubt
it.
You
see
I
thought
my
Pussy
such
a
wonderful
Pussy
that
nothing
was
too
remarkable
for
her
to
do.
I
knew
very
well
that
cats
generally
did
not
know
how
to
read
or
write;
but
I
thought
there
had
never
been
such
a
cat
in
the
world
as
this
Pussy
of
mine.
It
is
a
great
many
years
since
she
died;
but
I
can
see
her
before
me
to-day
as
plainly
as
if
it
were
only
yesterday
that
I
had
really
seen
her
alive.
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