_:vb7135705 . _:vb7135706 . _:vb7135707 . . _:vb7135705 "\u201C\u00A0[\u2026]\u2014Say, do you mind telling me if people around here really eat cats?\u201D He felt a shiver in the pit of his stomach. \u201CDo they eat cat?\u201D said the little old man, profoundly shocked."@en . _:vb7135705 "1948, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Case of the Jeweled Ragpicker (The Screwball Circus Mysteries; 3), Wildside Press, published 2017, \u2192ISBN:"@en . _:vb7135707 "I ate at a Chinese restaurant once, even though my friends told me I would probably be eating cat and dog disguised as chicken."@en . _:vb7135706 "You do not eat cat simply for the thrill of eating cat. You eat cat because cats have a lively jingshen, or spirit, and thus by eating the animal you will improve your spirits."@en . _:vb7135707 "2013, James Bartleman, The Redemption of Oscar Wolf, Dundurn, \u2192ISBN:"@en . _:vb7135704 "(uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food."@en . "2" . _:vb7135706 "2013, Peter Hessler, Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West, Harper Perennial, \u2192ISBN:"@en . . _:vb7135704 . .