
It didnt move, but that didnt mean it couldnt move The looming giant was. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The three cats crawled toward the huge dark object that had so frightened them. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
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“My story line follows a simple path: I was doing some research in the Dubrovnik State Archives for my Ph.D, I came across some pages which were stained with cat paw prints, I took a few photos of this (as I do whenever I notice something interesting or unusual on any old book I’m reading), and carried on with my work not paying too much attention to something which at that time could essentially be only a distraction”. Years ago, a mischievous kitty had left her ink-covered prints on the book.

Filipović stumbled upon a familiar set of splotches marring the centuries-old pages. While pawing through a stack of medieval manuscripts from Dubrovnik, Croatia, University of Sarajevo doctoral student Emir O.
