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Reminder: Puss-in-boots was originally German: The booted tomcat had swagger. English wimped him up.

Fri 10/28/11 mjh

Der gestiefelter Kater, aus Der Bruedern Grimm, nicht wahr? (Gott lieb den Dativ.)

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