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LITTLE FOLKS 
OLD FRIENDS. 
These two little creatures, having such a comfortable time on 
the roof, are no strangers to any of you, but I want to say some- 
thing about them, for all that. I'm moderately fond of cats now, 
and I remember a time when I adored the whole race. 
I've heard enough abuse of poor Pussy, and I think it is high 
time that some one took up her defense. There's a good deal to 
be said in her favor, though she has her faults, like all the rest of us. 
