story: The Cat Who Walked A Thousand Miles, by Kij Johnson


	story: The Cat Who Walked A Thousand Miles, by Kij Johnson

Lexica

7-16-2009 5:53 PM

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stories, cats, japan, free-books

Lexica says:

I've just started reading this, but already it seems like a lovely story with beautiful illustrations.

And it's FREE!

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7-17-2009 4:16 PM

Satchamo

Lexica, beautiful story. Thanks for the find!

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