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Lingua
The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat:
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw—
You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees!
And the trees about me,
The Zulu Girl
Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees
Sloshed to their slender throats
Come under the shadow of this gray rock -
The broad-backed hippopotamus
A cold coming we had of it,