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A mouse who wishes to fool the cat doesn't simply scamper out of its hole whenever it feels the slightest urge.

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Arthur Golden
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Cat
Mouse
Whenever
Slightest
Fool
Mice
Simply
Urge
Wish
Urges
Doesn
Hole
Feels
Wishes
Holes

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