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A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits in a bush a yard from your shoes - and listens.

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Pam Brown
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 1
Performing Artist
Poet
Writer
Seymour
Victoria
Australia
Shoes
Calling
Listens
Hear
Yard
Sits
Yards
Bush
Cat
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