（外文电子版资料）Terry Pratchett - The unadulterated cat.pdfVIP

Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, /abclit.html The Unadulterated Cat 1 IWE (IJVAPULTEM~ 4CAT A Campaign for Real Cats FACE London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1989 First published in Great Britain 1989 1)~, Victor Gollanez Ltd 14 liciirietta Street, Londoii WC2E 8QJ A Gollancz paperback Original Text (p Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1989 (,artoolis (D Grayjoliiffe 1989 British Libran, Cataloguing in Publication Data llratcliett, Terry, 1948The unadulterated cat. 1. Title 11. Jolliffe, Gray 823.914 [1~I ISI3N 0-575-04628^7 Photoset in Great Britain by Rowland Phototypesetting Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and printed by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Designed by Peter Guy DEDICATION All right, all right. Time to come clean. Despite the fact that this book clearly states that cats should have short names you dont mind yelling to the neighbourhood at midnight, The Unadulterated Cat is dedicated to: Oedipuss They dont come much realer. Far too many people these days have grown used to boring, mass-produced cats, which may bounce with health and nourishing vitamins but arent a patch on the good old cats you used to get. The Campaign for Real Cats wants to change all that by helping people recognise Real Cats when they see them. I lciice this book. The Campaign for Real Cats is against fizzy keg cats. All right, How can I recognise a Real cat? Simple. Nature has done a lot of the work for you. Many Real cats are instantly recognisable. For example, all cats with faces that look as though they had been put in a vice and hit repeatedly by a hammer with a sock round it are Real cats. Cats with ears that look as though they have been trimmed with pinking shears are Real cats. Almost every non-pedigree unneutered tom is not only Real, but as it hangs around the house it gets Realer and Realer until one of you is left in absolutely no doubt as to its Realness. Fluffy cats are not necessarily unreal, but if they persist in p