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Macavity's a mystery cat. He's called the Hidden Paw, for he's the master criminal who

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can defy the law. He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair, for when

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they reach the scene of the crime, Macavity's not there. Macavity, Macavity, there is no

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one like Macavity. He's broken every human law. He breaks the law of gravity. His powers

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of levitation would make a foggy stare, and when you reach the scene of the crime, Macavity's

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not there. You may seek him in the basement. You may look up in the air. But I tell you

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once and once again, Macavity's not there. Macavity's a ginger cat. He's very tall and

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thin. You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in. His brow is deeply

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lined with thought. His head is highly domed. His coat is dusty from neglect. His whiskers

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are uncombed. He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake. And

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when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake. Macavity, Macavity, there is no

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one like Macavity, for he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity. You may meet

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him in a by-street. You may see him in the square. But when a crime's discovered, then

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Macavity's not there. He's outwardly respectable. They say he cheats at cards. And his footprints

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are not found in any file of Scotland Yards. And when the larder's looted, or the jewel

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case is rifled, or when the milk is missing, or another peak's been stifled, or the greenhouse

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glass is broken, and the trellis past repair, ay, there's the wonder of the thing, Macavity's

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not there. And when the Foreign Office find a treaty's gone astray, or the Admiralty lose

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some plans and drawings, by the way, there may be a scrap of paper in the hall or in

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the stair, but it's useless to investigate. Macavity's not there. And when the loss has

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been disclosed, the Secret Service say, it must have been Macavity, but he's a mile away.

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You'll be sure to find him resting, or a licking of his thumbs, or engaged in doing complicated,

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long-division sums. Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity. There never was a cat

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of such deceitfulness and suavity. He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare. At

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whatever time the deed took place, Macavity wasn't there. And they say that all the cats

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whose wicked deeds are widely known, I might mention Mungo Jerry, I might mention Griddle

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Bone, are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time just controls their operations,

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like the Napoleon of crime.