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Cat talk is a complicated, self-centered language. If you speak to your cat first, it probably won't speak back. Cats initiate conversations.
Jean Craighead George
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Jean Craighead George
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: May 15
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District of Columbia
Jean Carolyn Craighead
Jean Carolyn Craighead George
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