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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Worry
Paws
Tell
Kitten
Right
Worries
Thing
Wash
Time
Priorities
Cat
Happenings
Happening
Kittens

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