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Once upon a time there was a very old man and a very old woman. They lived in a nice clean house which had flowers all round it. But they couldn’tbe happy because they were very lonely. He walked long, long time and he came to a hill which was covered with cats. Cats here, cats there, cats and kittens everywhere. Leading 1 and Leading 2 (together): Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats. Oh! Now I can choose the prettiest cat and take it home with me. So he chose one. It was white. But he saw another one all black and white. It was as pretty as the first. So he took this one too. But then he saw a grey kitten, which was as pretty as the others. So he took it too. And just then the very old man found a kitten which was black and very beautiful. So he took it. Leading 1 and Leading 2 (together): And then he saw a brown and yellow cat. And he did. So it happened that every time the very old man looked up, he saw another cat which was so pretty, and he chose them all. And so he went back to show all his pretty kittens to the very old woman. THE THIRD PART They came to a pond. Mew, mew! We are thirsty! Each cat drank some water and the pond was gone! Mew, mew! Now we are hungry! 75
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