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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.

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
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Mouse
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Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.
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