Word: sakelta
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...editor of a Cairo weekly, Akher Saa, sent two reporters scurrying to check reports that the population of a village 125 miles south of Cairo turned into cats every night. The villagers soon set the reporters straight: it was only children under 14 who turned into cats in Sakelta. Soon after the children are tucked in each night (said the villagers), the youngsters become rigid, their breathing stops, and their souls take the shape of cats roaming the streets. "I called one day on Grocer Ahmed Khawaga and asked for some free candy," recalled one kiddy-cat named Ibrahim...
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