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Letters from a Cat
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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VII.
My
Dear
Helen:
I
am
so
glad
to
know
that
you
are
coming
home
next
week,
that
I
cannot
think
of
any
thing
else.
There
is
only
one
drawback
to
my
pleasure,
and
that
is,
I
am
so
ashamed
to
have
you
see
me
in
such
a
plight.
I
told
you,
in
my
last
letter,
that
my
fur
was
beginning
to
come
off.
Your
grandfather
has
tried
several
things
of
his,
which
are
said
to
be
good
for
hair;
but
they
have
not
had
the
least
effect.
For
my
part
I
don't
see
why
they
should;
fur
and
hair
are
two
very
different
things,
and
I
thought
at
the
outset
there
was
no
use
in
putting
on
my
skin
what
was
intended
for
the
skin
of
human
heads,
and
even
on
them
don't
seem
to
work
any
great
wonders,
if
I
can
judge
from
your
grandfather's
head,
which
you
know
is
as
bald
and
pink
and
shiny
as
a
baby's.
However,
he
has
been
so
good
to
me,
that
I
let
him
do
any
thing
he
likes,
and
every
day
he
rubs
in
some
new
kind
of
stuff,
which
smells
a
little
worse
than
the
last
one.
It
is
utterly
impossible
for
me
to
get
within
half
a
mile
of
a
rat
or
a
mouse.
I
might
as
well
fire
off
a
gun
to
let
them
know
I
am
coming,
as
to
go
about
scented
up
so
that
they
can
smell
me
a
great
deal
farther
off
than
they
can
see
me.
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