“They call that thing a cat owl. Humph! It may have resembled one of my family before it was s
“They call that thing a cat owl. Humph! It may have resembled one of my family before it was stuffed. But now — well – “I’ll leave it to anybody; does that bundle of hay and feathers look anything like –” This cat owl didn’t happen to be stuffed, and could stand such calumny no longer. From Harper’s Young People, vol. XIV, by C. Barnes, 1893 -- source link
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