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The Mysterious, Magickal Cat © 1998 by D. J. Conway.

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Calligraphic cat illustrations by Shelly Bartek

Cover design by Kristi Carlson

Cover illustration: “His Master’s Voice” by Lisa Parker

Interior art credits: see page 157

Poem on page 8–page 9 by Joyce Smith

Stories in chapter 2 by ShadowCat, Jean Fritz, Cerridwen, S. Shelton, Kimberly Gibbs, Tracy Corpe, Robyn L. Brown, Chameleon Silvercat, Nan Skovran, Danyka Edwards, Delores Wheeler, Lee Prosser, Lynda Lee Macken, Ingrid Gordon, and Jeanne McLarney

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Conway, D. J. (Deanna J.)

The mysterious, magickal cat/ D. J. Conway.—lst ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 978-0-7387-5740-7

1. Cats—Folklore. 2. Cats—Mythology. I. Title.

GR725.C65 1998

133’ .2599752-dc21 98-2501

CIP

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