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CHAPTER 13

The Inn of the Red Lobster Cat and Fox and Marionette walked and walked and walked.At last,toward evening,dead tired,they came to the Inn of the Red Lobster.

"Let us stop here a while," said the Fox,"to eat a bite and rest for a few hours.At midnight we''ll start out again,for at dawn tomorrow we must be at the Field of Wonders."

They went into the Inn and all three sat down at the same table.However,not one of them was very hungry.

The poor Cat felt very weak,and he was able to eat only thirty-five mullets with tomato sauce and four portions of tripe with cheese.Moreover,as he was so in need of strength,he had to have four more helpings of butter and cheese.

The Fox,after a great deal of coaxing,tried his best to eat a little.The doctor had put him on a diet,and he had to be satisfied with a small hare dressed with a dozen young and tender spring chickens.After the hare,he ordered some partridges,a f

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