Once upon a time there was a Pussycat called Ribby who invited a little dog called Duchess to tea Come in good time my dear Duchess said Ribby's letter and we will have something so very nice I am baking it in a pie dish a pie dish with a pink rim You never tasted anything so good And you shall eat it all I will eat muffins my dear Duchessl wrote Ribby K Duchess with much read pleasure the lecter at and a quarter wrote past an answer four But T it will is come very strange I was just going to invite you to come here to supper my dear Ribby to eat something most delicious I will come very punctually my dear Ribby wrote Duchess and then at the end she added hope it isn t
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And then she thought that did not look quite polite so she scratched out isn t mouse and changed it to I hope it will be fine and she gave her letter to the postman But she thought a great deal about Ribby s pie and she read Ribby s letter over and over again I am dreadfully afraid it will be mouser said Duchess to herself I really couldnt couldn t eat mouse pie And I shall have to eat it because it is a party And my pie was going to be veal and ham A pink and white pie dish and so is mine just like Ribby s dishes they were both bought at Tabitha Twitchits Duchess went into her larder and took the pie off a shelf and looked at
