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Letters from a Cat
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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If
it
were
not
for
this
dreadful
state
of
my
fur,
I
should
be
perfectly
happy,
for
I
feel
much
better
than
I
ever
did
before
in
my
whole
life,
and
am
twice
as
fat
as
when
you
went
away.
I
try
to
be
resigned
to
whatever
may
be
in
store
for
me,
but
it
is
very
hard
to
look
forward
to
being
a
fright
all
the
rest
of
one's
days.
I
don't
suppose
such
a
thing
was
ever
seen
in
the
world
as
a
cat
without
any
fur.
This
morning
your
grandfather
sat
looking
at
me
for
a
long
time
and
stroking
his
chin:
at
last
he
said,
"Do
you
suppose
it
would
do
any
good
to
shave
the
cat
all
over?"
At
this
I
could
not
resist
the
impulse
to
scream,
and
your
mother
said,
"I
do
believe
the
creature
knows
whenever
we
speak
about
her."
Of
course
I
do!
Why
in
the
world
shouldn't
I!
People
never
seem
to
observe
that
cats
have
ears.
I
often
think
how
much
more
careful
they
would
be
if
they
did.
I
have
many
a
time
to
see
them
send
children
out
of
the
room,
and
leave
me
behind,
when
I
knew
perfectly
well
that
the
children
would
neither
notice
nor
understand
half
so
much
as
I
would.
There
are
some
houses
in
which
I
lived,
before
I
came
to
live
with
you,
about
which
I
could
tell
strange
stories
if
I
chose.
Caesar
pretends
that
he
likes
the
looks
of
little
spots
of
pink
skin,
here
and
there,
in
fur;
but
I
know
he
only
does
it
to
save
my
feelings,
for
it
isn't
in
human
nature--I
mean
in
cat's
nature--that
any
one
should.
You
see
I
spend
so
much
more
time
in
the
society
of
men
and
women
than
of
cats,
that
I
find
myself
constantly
using
expressions
which
sound
queerly
in
a
cat's
mouth.
But
you
know
me
well
enough
to
be
sure
that
every
thing
I
say
is
perfectly
natural.
And
now,
my
dear
Helen,
I
hope
I
have
prepared
you
to
see
me
looking
perfectly
hideous.
I
only
trust
that
your
love
for
me
will
not
be
entirely
killed
by
my
unfortunate
appearance.
If
you
do
seem
to
love
me
less,
I
shall
be
wretched,
but
I
shall
still
be,
always,
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