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Thou shalt not

These chicks are mine, O Cat.
Thou shalt not put thy paw upon them.
Thou shalt not touch them with claw or with tooth.
Lo, not even with the smallest claw may you touch them.
For they are the birds of my flock and the chicks of my raising.
Remember this when you lay down upon the brooder top.
Remember when you sleep, and when you arise and stretch.
Thus do I say.