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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 around it,except where the door was.But they couldn't be happy because they were so very lonely.

"If we only had a cat!"sighed the very old woman.

"A cat?"asked the very old man.

"Yes,a sweet little fluffy cat,"said the very old woman.

"I will get you a cat,my dear,"said the very old man.

And he set out over the hills to look for one.He climbed over the sunny hills.He trudged through the cool valleys.He walked a long,long time and at last he came to a hill which was quite covered with cats.

Cats here,cats there,Cats and kittens everywhere,Hundreds of cats,Thousands of cats,Millions and billions and trillions of cats.

"Oh,"cried the old man joyfully,"Now I can choose the prettiest cat and take it home with me!"So he chose one.It was white.But just as he was about to leave,he saw another one all black and white and it seemed just as pretty as the first.So he took this one also.

But then he saw a fuzzy grey kitten way over here which was every bit as pretty as the others so he took it too.

And now he saw one way down in a corner which he thought too lovely to leave so he took this too.