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   Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin   
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   23 Jun 19 23:24:20   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5d0fdff4   
   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5c92901c   
   PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0300   
   TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   > The cat, which walking by herself," is probably taken from   
   > a story for children, where they are told how the cat had   
   > become a domestic animal.  The cat there could talk, and   
   > when the ancient woman invited him into the cave, he al-   
   > ways replied, "I am a cat. I am walking alone and every-   
   > where I want to." ;-) Do you have this story in the En-   
   > glish literature?   
      
   As sure as sugar is sweet, for none else but Kipling wrote   
   it.  I haven't read the original, but the Soviet animation   
   is very clever and not children at all at all:   
      
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL7PSeN3SYU   
           (unfortunately no subtitles)   
      
   Kipling's cat is male whereas its Russian couterpart female,   
   probably because such cunning wisdom is here considered a   
   feminine trait.   
      
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