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Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield was born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp on October 14, 1888. She is remembered for the high level of craftsmanship she had already achieved by the time she died at the young age of 34. While most

Friendship

by Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)

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When we were charming Backfisch

With curls and velvet bows

We shared a charming kitten

With tiny velvet toes.

It was so gay and playful;

It flew like a woolly ball

From my lap to your shoulder—

And, oh, it was so small,

So warm—and so obedient

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