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This book is a charming and insightful exploration of the life of Raoul, a remarkable alley cat. The author, a keen observer of the feline world, delves into the intricacies of Raoul's behavior, revealing the cat's unique intelligence, personality, and complex inner life. This detailed portrait of Raoul, set against the backdrop of the author's daily life, provides a delightful window into the world of cats, offering a glimpse into their emotional depths and sophisticated way of life. Through his observations, the author challenges the common perception of cats as aloof and indifferent creatures, instead highlighting their capacity for affection, humor, and even a certain kind of philosophical reflection. The book is a testament to the extraordinary bond that can form between humans and animals, reminding us that even the seemingly simplest of creatures can hold a world of wonder and complexity.
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Mary one evening from the top of a wall, putting its small head as close as possible and talking in a low sweet voice. The waif had a story to tell, it was experiencing the hardness of the world without being embit tered. It was a mere bag of bones covered with moth-eaten fur whose dingy white was so nearly the color of its gray spots, that it pre sented a uniformly neutral tint. Its tail, a tufted bone, was about twice as long as its body. It followed Mary home and soon after its arrival a rat came out from behind the range. The small cat sprang after it and they circled the kitchen in a blur of speed and fur until the rat had a head-ou collision with the coal hod. The cat pounced upon him and the.
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World, that it was not until his increase in size became noticeable that we realized that when he came he was only a half -grown kitten. We estimate his growth by the length of his tail. I have said that when he came it was a tufted bone twice the length of his body. It is now not quite as long as his body, plump, beauti fully feathered and ringed and he manages it with extreme grace. When walking along the tops of fences he uses it as a rope-walker does a balancing pole. Gray remarked of his cat.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a charming and insightful exploration of the life of Raoul, a remarkable alley cat. The author, a keen observer of the feline world, delves into the intricacies of Raoul's behavior, revealing the cat's unique intelligence, personality, and complex inner life. This detailed portrait of Raoul, set against the backdrop of the author's daily life, provides a delightful window into the world of cats, offering a glimpse into their emotional depths and sophisticated way of life. Through his observations, the author challenges the common perception of cats as aloof and indifferent creatures, instead highlighting their capacity for affection, humor, and even a certain kind of philosophical reflection. The book is a testament to the extraordinary bond that can form between humans and animals, reminding us that even the seemingly simplest of creatures can hold a world of wonder and complexity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781334125812_0
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