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Curt Vonnegutt Cats Cradle Quotes

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The book Cats Cradle by Curt Vonnegutt repeatedly mentions the game the Cats Cradle. Cats Cradle is an old children 's game that makes use of a string of yarn and two people for entertainment. Early documentation of it is from the 1850s but it is likley it existed as long ago as ancient China. First we will more into the game the Cats Cradle and how it is played, next we will look into what Vonnegutt uses it for in the book, and finally we will look at specific details of the quotation.

Cats Cradle requires two people and a string. By tying the string in a circle and having each player make a set of motions in a particular order you will end up with a "Cats Cradle". The Cats Cradle is a Web of string on one players hand designed
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