TO ALL
PICKLES,
--ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT
GET UPON MY GARDEN WALL




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Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names were
Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet.

They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the
doorstep and played in the dust.

But one day their mother--Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit--expected friends to tea;
so she fetched the kittens indoors, to wash and dress them, before the
fine company arrived.

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First she scrubbed their faces (this one is Moppet).

Then she brushed their fur, (this one is Mittens).

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