Why Cats And Dogs Are Enimies

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The setting in The Boy Who Spoke to the Bird takes place, in Ivan’s house, the shore, Russia and outside. The setting in the legend creates the plot in the story and how the plot is solved. Why Cats and Dogs are Enimies, takes place in China, in a house, and outside. In Why Cats and Dog are Enimies there is examples of personification. If you are wondering what personification mean, it means that you give human quality to non human subjects. In the legend Why Cats and Dogs are Enimies there is human quality when the women said that whoever wears a ring would never go hungry. This is a personfication becuase a ring can not magically become hungry. Another personification

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