Pussy Meow 
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EARLY RECOLLECTIONS 
I am a little pussy cat, and my name is Meow. 
When I was a very small kitty, I lived with my 
mother and two other kittens in a nice green yard. 
My mother was a purple Maltese, and she used to 
tell us with great pride how, as a kitten, she was 
brought here by her mistress from old Virginia. 
Her name was Malta, and her children were Nora, 
Flufifie and Trix. 
I was Fluffie. 
And we had such a dear little mistress. 
Her full name was Annebelle Virginia Lowery, 
but they called her “ Virgie” for short. She had 
beautiful golden curls, and eyes the color of the 
sky when the sun shines. Her cheeks were like 
two little rosy cushions. 
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