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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Trouble
Kitten
Sarcasm
Sarcastic
Cat
Eventually
Becomes

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