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A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr.

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How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?

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Derek Tangye

Derek Tangye

Born: February 29, 1912
Died: October 26, 1996 (aged 84)
Bio: Derek Alan Trevithick Tangye was a British author who lived in Cornwall for nearly fifty years.
Known for:
  1. The story of the Minack chronicles (1994)
  2. Jeannie A Love Story (1941)
  3. A gull on the roof (1961)
  4. A Cat in the Window (1962)
  5. Somewhere a Cat Is Waiting (1976)

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