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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Littles
Later
Errands
May
Outside
Greet
Little
Type
Returns
Human
Return
Sooner
Humans
Humanity
Pull
Love
Animal
Cat
World
Strong
Disappear
Also
Towards

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