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THE POOL
I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her. She is such a dear quiet thing," Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily
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about in the pool, "and she sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face—and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse—and she's such a capital one for catching mice
oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really