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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.              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/2 16/0 120/544 123/130 131 203/0 221/1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014 240/1120 2100 5138 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 322/0 757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 393/68 640/1384 2454/119       PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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