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Helen Hunt Jackson
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She
was
a
little
kitten
when
I
first
had
her;
but
she
grew
fast,
and
was
very
soon
bigger
than
I
wanted
her
to
be.
I
wanted
her
to
stay
little.
Her
fur
was
a
beautiful
dark
gray
color,
and
there
were
black
stripes
on
her
sides,
like
the
stripes
on
a
tiger.
Her
eyes
were
very
big,
and
her
ears
unusually
long
and
pointed.
This
made
her
look
like
a
fox;
and
she
was
so
bright
and
mischievous
that
some
people
thought
she
must
be
part
fox.
She
used
to
do
one
thing
that
I
never
heard
of
any
other
cat's
doing:
she
used
to
play
hide-and-seek.
Did
you
ever
hear
of
a
cat's
playing
hide-and-seek?
And
the
most
wonderful
part
of
it
was,
that
she
took
it
up
of
her
own
accord.
As
soon
as
she
heard
me
shut
the
gate
in
the
yard
at
noon,
when
school
was
done,
she
would
run
up
the
stairs
as
hard
as
she
could
go,
and
take
her
place
at
the
top,
where
she
could
just
peep
through
the
banisters.
When
I
opened
the
door,
she
would
give
a
funny
little
mew,
something
like
the
mew
cats
make
when
they
call
their
kittens.
Then
as
soon
as
I
stepped
on
the
first
stair
to
come
up
to
her,
she
would
race
away
at
the
top
of
her
speed,
and
hide
under
a
bed;
and
when
I
reached
the
room,
there
would
be
no
Pussy
to
be
seen.
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