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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: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Holes
Cat
Mouse
Whenever
Slightest
Fool
Mice
Simply
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