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  1. The Cheshire Cat first appears in Chapter 6, Pig and Pepper, in Lewis Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  2. Carroll's creation was inspired by the phrase 'grin like a Cheshire cat', which means to grin very widely, showing the teeth and gums
  3. The origin of the phrase 'grin like a Cheshire cat' is unknown, but it is thought that it might come from the fact that Cheshire cheese used to be molded into the shape of a smiling cat
  4. The Cheshire Cat wasn't in the story that Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell, who inspired Alice in Wonderland, but was added later in the version he wrote for publication
  5. The Cheshire Cat belongs to the Duchess
  6. Although the narrator refers to the Cheshire Cat as 'it' throughout Carroll's book, it is thought to be male as the Queen of Hearts says "Off with his head" about it
  7. It is famous for disappearing, leaving only its grin
  8. In the 1951 Disney movie he is voiced by Sterling Holloway
  9. Disney's Cheshire Cat can be spotted during the final scene of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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