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Inedible is a shoulder-cat, as it happens; she’ll climb around on Mr. Gulley’s shoulders and let him walk with her, though not so much with young Edmund since he pulls her tail. She’s an indoors cat for a little while, but he’s got a yard and a pretty safe neighborhood, so after a while he decides to introduce her to the world.

He starts by putting her in a carrier and taking her to Joffun.

The svart-elf squints at him. Then it looks down at the carrier.

“That a cat?” he says. His voice is weirdly avid.

“Yeah,” says Mr. Gulley.

“For . . . me?”

Mr. Gulley shakes his head.

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