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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

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The family live by places with strange names. The Cat dies, falling from a tall tree, leaving the Owl a single parent. The death causes the Owl great sadness. The money is all spent, but the Owl still sings to the original guitar.
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Portions of an unfinished sequel, "The Children of the Owl and the Pussy-cat", were published first posthumously during 1938. The children are part fowl and part cat, and love to eat mice.
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animals – an owl, a cat, a pig, and a turkey – and tells the story of the love between the title characters who marry in the land "where the Bong-tree grows".
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in 1951, using twelve-tone technique for the accompanying flute, guitar, and cello, but
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Tales of Curiosity short video, text and images of The Owl and the Pussy-cat
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is the back story of the character Piggy from The Owl and the Pussycat.
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The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat
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The text has been set to music many times, such as by:
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Edward Lear's illustration of the Owl and the Pussycat
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children
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The Owl and the Pussycat (film)
The Owl and the Pussycat (album)
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Stravinsky)
Edward Lear

Edward Lear
United Kingdom
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
Wikisource
nonsense poem
Edward Lear
Our Young Folks
John Addington Symonds
runcible
anthropomorphic
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Elton Hayes
Parlophone
Humphrey Searle
sprechgesang
Igor Stravinsky
his setting
Sheila Ruskin
David Wood
Eric Idle
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Naxos Records

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