She lived in a large room on the ground floor and in the course of time surrounded herself with various animals: pug dogs, so round with food and old age that they would lie stretched out on the cushions without giving any sign of life; bald canary birds and cockatoos perched on swings and in brass cages; a collection of inexpressibly lazy cats and as her very best friend an old sheep that walked about the room and bleated whenever there was a change in the weather.
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