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Identifier: lettersfromcatpu00jack (find matches)Title: Letters from a cat : published by her mistress for the benefit of all cats and the amusement of little childrenYear: 1880 (1880s)Authors:  Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Ledyard, Addie Botsford, Bertha FiskSubjects:  Cats PetsPublisher:  Boston : Roberts BrothersContributing Library:  New York Public LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:ck as I was, I could not helplaughing at the sight of her face.It was enough to make any catlaugh. You dont ever mean to say, sir,as youre going to put that cat intothe cradle. You do as I tell you, said he,in that most awful tone of his, whichalways makes you so afraid. I feltafraid myself, though all the timehe was stroking my head, and saying, Poor pussy, there, poor pussy, liestill. In a few minutes Mary LETTERS FROM A CAT. came down with the cradle, and setit down by the fire with such a bangthat I wondered it did not break.You know she always bangs thingswhen she is cross, but I never couldsee what good it does. Then yourgrandfather made up a nice bed inthe cradle, out of Charlies winterblanket and an old pillow, and laidme down in it, all rolled up as I wasin your petticoat. When yourmother came into the room shelaughed almost as hard as she didwhen she saw me in the soft-soapbarrel, and said, Why, father, youare rather old to play cats cradle!The old gentleman laughed at this,Text Appearing After Image:Then your grandfather made up a nice bed in the cradle, and laidme down in it. — PAGE 76. LETTERS FROM A CAT. 77 till the tears ran down his red cheeks. Well, he said, I tell you onething; the game will last me tillthat poor cat gets well again. Thenhe went upstairs, and brought downa bottle of something very soft andslippery, like lard, and put it on myeyes, and it made them feel muchbetter. After that he gave me somemilk into which he had put someof his very best brandy: that waspretty hard to get down, but Iunderstood enough of what theyhad said, to be sure that if I didnot take something of the kind Ishould never get well. After break-fast I tried to walk, but my right 78 LETTERS FROM A CAT. paw was entirely useless. At firstthey thought it was broken, butfinally decided that it was onlysprained, and must be bandaged. The bandages were wet with some-  thing which smelled so badly itmade me feel very sick, for the firstday or two. Cats noses are muchmore sensitive to smeNote About Images
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