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Dewey, the Rescued Library Cat - Spencer, Iowa

Dewey.jpgDewey, the Rescued Library Cat - Spencer, Iowa

In this small town in northern Iowa there was an act of horrific cruelness perpetrated on a kitten some years ago when someone, on a very cold winter night, dumped a kitten into the book return box at the library (or it could be that he got in there by himself to try to find warmth..).  The next morning, as the books were being taken from the box, the head librarian, Vicky Myron , found the kitten and took it into the library.  The poor kitten’s feet were frostbitten but he was so glad to be found and warm that he let everyone know how grateful he was.  The librarian decided that the kitten should have a home in the library and thus began the life of Dewey named for "Dewey Decimal System" the library cat of Spencer, Iowa.

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