*my tiger walks!
Monday, July 31, 2006

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She said; "I do so want to see where this stair goes to."

"Let me go first. I'm a boy, you know, and it's right I should go first in case of meeting anything that might frighten you,"

"You're sure you're not frightened, Chéri?"

"Frightened! what is there to be frightened at?"

"Cats!" they said at the same instant.

"And I think the pictures on the walls of your room are pretty. Here it is. Isn't it a funny room, Chéri?"
"how pretty it is! oh, how very pretty!"


"What's pretty?"

"Tell me, do. Did you know what my wish was?"

"We can talk about your wish later; when I am putting you to bed."

"Well, but can't you be sensible?"

And all their cattish gestures plainly spokeThey thought the affair they'd come upon no joke.

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