Shireen and her Friends: Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat
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Stables Gordon. Shireen and her Friends: Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat
Chapter One “You’re the New Dog, aren’t you?”
Chapter Two. Old Friends Around the Fire
Chapter Three “Oh! Kill me Quick and put me out of Pain.”
Chapter Four “You Must have a Name, My Lovely Flower.”
Chapter Five. Chosroës and his Queen Shireen
Chapter Six “Na, Lass,” said Cracker, “I’ll No Drink the Little ’un’s Milk.”
Chapter Seven. Beebee’s Fate is Sealed
Chapter Eight. Life in a Turret High. – Strange Adventure in the Forest
Chapter Nine. The Adventure in the Forest
Chapter Ten. We Sailed Away to the South
Chapter Eleven. Ship’s Cat on Board the “Venom.”
Chapter Twelve. Old Shipmates
Chapter Thirteen “Away, Lifeboat’s Crew!”
Chapter Fourteen. Zulina: a Homeless Waif and Stray
Chapter Fifteen “When the Fur begins to Fly.”
Chapter Sixteen. The Fight was Hand to Hand and Horrible!
Chapter Seventeen. And Chammy never came again
Chapter Eighteen. Shireen’s Birthday. – Stamboul’s Life and Career
Chapter Nineteen. In a Cat-Dealer’s Den
Chapter Twenty. Hand Met Hand in a Hearty Shake
Chapter Twenty One “Have Heart and Hope, my Friend.”
Chapter Twenty Two “Go Home, my Friends, it is All Over.”
Chapter Twenty Three. En Voyage for Bagdad
Chapter Twenty Four “Remember, it is for Freedom, and for Life itself.”
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It was an autumn evening, or rather afternoon, for the sun was still high over the blue hills of the West. The sky was clear too, and twilight would last long.
The trees, however, were already casting longer shadows on the grass, and the breeze that swayed their brandies, cast, playfully, ever and anon, handfuls of brown leaves towards the earth.
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Shireen knew boys. She knew all their tricks and their manners, and she could have told you that boys were boys all the wide world over.
Well, as she is crossing the street to-day, giving a glance up and down every two or three seconds to make certain the coast was clear, the rattle of light wheels was heard.
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