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you are listening to MHF radio
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guess I'm sitting on Friday about now
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and the evening's not far
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yeah never been into the uptown club
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down where the small street side cafe
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hour and an hour to go to 2 hours of
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time going to play like on the
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know why we just turn it on we'll turn
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a.m from zero to 10 we got to turn it
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it around now and the sun starts to fade
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away never been such a sweet sound from
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this crowd guess uptown is miles away
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item and I'll ride back now in the
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yeah never been into the
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uptown where the small street side
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cafe oh we got an hour with a lesson an
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hour to go to 2 hours of time
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going to play on the radio
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what you going to love we
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we don't have that around now and the
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sun starts to fade away
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never been such a sweet sound from this
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crowd guess uptown is smiles
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to going to play like on the
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radio would you come and share the love
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all the latest News and breaking
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station this is on the hour news
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welcome to MHF radio news here's a
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summary of today's headlines president
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Trump has nominated a conservative
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pro-Israel media activist to be the US
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ambassador to South Africa relations
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between the two countries are currently
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strained the nominee Leo Brent Bozel 3
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founded the Media Research Center an
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organization dedicated to promoting
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conservative values and exposing what
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they call liberal media bias interesting
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choice given the current political
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climate it'll be interesting to see how
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this plays out now to a story out of
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Malawi villagers near Kasungu National
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Park are suing the International Fund
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for Animal Welfare apparently the
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organization moved over 250 elephants
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into the park and the villagers claim
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the elephants have killed at least 10
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people and are damaging their
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livelihoods they're demanding
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compensation and better fencing around
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the park wow that's a tough situation
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balancing conservation efforts with the
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safety and well-being of local
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communities is always a delicate act in
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sports Arsenal dominated their Champions
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League quarterfinal match securing a
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three to zero victory and advancing to
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the semi-finals a record crowd witnessed
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outstanding performances from key
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players solidifying their status as
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contenders sounds like a thrilling match
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arsenal fans must be ecstatic and
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finally in technology news Tesla's
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European sales have plummeted nearly 45%
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amidst controversy surrounding Elon
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Musk's connections to the Trump
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administration this drop coincides with
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Chinese rival BYYD surpassing Tesla in
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global revenue exceeding $100 billion
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some analysts suggest a potential buyer
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backlash against Musk's controversial
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behavior might be a contributing factor
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that's a significant drop in sales it
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will be interesting to see if this trend
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continues the cottager and his
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cat once upon a time there lived an old
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man and his wife in a dirty tumbled down
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cottage not very far from the splendid
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palace where the king and queen
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dwelt in spite of the wretched state of
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the hut which many people declared was
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too bad even for a pig to live in the
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old man was very rich for he was a great
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miser and lucky besides and would often
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go without food all day sooner than
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change one of his beloved gold pieces
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but after a while he found that he had
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starved himself once too often he felt
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ill and had no strength to get well
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again and in a few days he died leaving
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his wife and one son behind
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him the night following his death the
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son dreamed that an unknown man appeared
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to him and said "Listen to me your
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father is dead and your mother will soon
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die and all their riches will belong to
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you half of his wealth is illgotten and
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this you must give back to the poor from
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whom he squeezed it the other half you
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must throw into the sea watch however as
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the money sinks into the water and if
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anything should swim catch it and keep
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it even if it is nothing more than a bit
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of paper." Then the man vanished and the
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awoke the remembrance of his dream
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troubled him greatly he did not want to
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part with the riches that his father had
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left him for he had known all his life
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what it was to be cold and hungry and
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now he had hoped for a little comfort
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and pleasure still he was honest and
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good-hearted and if his father had come
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wrongfully by his wealth he felt he
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could never enjoy it and at last he made
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up his mind to do as he had been bidden
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he found out who were the people who
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were poorest in the village and spent
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half of his money in helping them and
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the other half he put in his pocket from
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a rock that jutted right out into the
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sea he flung it in in a moment it was
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out of sight and no man could have told
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the spot where it had sunk except for a
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tiny scrap of paper floating on the
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water he stretched down carefully and
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managed to reach it and on opening it
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found six shillings wrapped inside
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this was now all the money he had in the
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world the young man stood and looked at
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it thoughtfully "well I can't do much
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with this," he said to himself "but
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after all six shillings were better than
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nothing and he wrapped them up again and
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slipped them into his
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coat." He worked in his garden for the
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next few weeks and he and his mother
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contrived to live on the fruit and
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vegetables he got out of it and then she
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too died suddenly the poor fellow felt
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very sad when he had laid her in her
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grave and with a heavy heart he wandered
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into the forest not knowing where he was
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going by and by he began to get hungry
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and seeing a small hut in front of him
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he knocked at the door and asked if they
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could give him some milk the old woman
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who opened it begged him to come in
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adding kindly that if he wanted a
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night's lodging he might have it without
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it costing him anything
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two women and three men were at supper
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when he entered and silently made room
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for him to sit down by them when he had
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eaten he began to look about him and was
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surprised to see an animal sitting by
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the fire different from anything he had
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ever noticed before it was gray in color
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and not very big but its eyes were large
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and very bright and it seemed to be
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singing in an odd way quite unlike any
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animal in the forest
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what is the name of that strange little
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creature asked he and they answered we
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call it a cat i should like to buy it if
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it is not too dear said the young man it
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would be company for me and they told
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him that he might have it for six
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shillings if he cared to give so much
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the young man took out his precious bit
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of paper handed them the six shillings
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and the next morning b them farewell
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with the cat lying snugly in his cloak
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for the whole day they wandered through
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meadows and forests till in the evening
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they reached the house the young fellow
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knocked at the door and asked the old
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man who opened it if he could rest there
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that night adding that he had no money
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to pay for it "then I must give it to
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you," answered the man and led him into
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a room where two women and two men were
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sitting at supper one of the women was
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the old man's wife the other his
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daughter he placed the cat on the mantle
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shelf and they all crowded round to
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examine this strange beast and the cat
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rubbed itself against them and held out
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its paw and sang to them and the women
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were delighted and gave it everything
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that a cat could eat and a great deal
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besides after hearing the youth's story
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and how he had nothing in the world left
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him except his cat the old man advised
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him to go to the palace which was only a
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few miles distance and take counsel of
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the king who was kind to everyone and
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would certainly be his friend the young
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man thanked him and said he would gladly
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take his advice and early next morning
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he set out for the royal palace
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he sent a message to the king to beg for
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an audience and received a reply that he
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was to go into the great hall where he
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majesty the king was at dinner with his
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court when the young man entered and he
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signed to him to come near the youth
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bowed low and then gazed in surprise at
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the crowd of little black creatures who
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were running about the floor and even on
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the table itself indeed they were so
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bold that they snatched pieces of food
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from the king's own plate and if he
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drove them away tried to bite his hand
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so that he could not eat his food and
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his courtiers fared no better "what sort
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of animals are these?" asked the youth
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of one of the ladies sitting near him
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"they are called rats," answered the
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king who had overheard the question "and
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for years we have tried some way of
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putting an end to them but it is
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impossible they come into our very
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At this moment something was seen flying
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through the air the cat was on the table
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and with two or three shakes a number of
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rats were lying dead round him then a
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great scuffling of feet was heard and in
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a few minutes the hall was
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clear for some minutes the king and his
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courters only looked at each other in
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astonishment "what kind of animal is
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that which can work magic of this sort?"
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asked he and the young man told him that
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it was called a cat and that he had
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bought it for six shillings and the king
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answered "Because of the luck you have
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brought me in freeing my palace from the
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plague which has tormented me for many
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years I will give you the choice of two
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things either you shall be my prime
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minister or else you shall marry my
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daughter and reign after me say which
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shall it be?" "The princess and the
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kingdom," said the young man and so it
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end read by Rick Kishner for Lit to Go
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on the web at fcit.usf.edu
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