They now get pie...which they eat with their mittens on. Now, their mother is mad because they soiled their mittens. (Where was she when they were eating pie with mittens on? She only has herself to blame!) The kittens wash their mittens and hang them up to dry...and this makes Mom happy.
Then she "smells a rat near by" and the story ends...WHAT?!
What about the rat? And what kind of pie was it? Was it a neighbor rat coming for his piece of pecan pie? Or did the family go off hunting rat for dinner? Or was the first pie a rat pie? And the rat they smell is coming to seek revenge for his brother who was baked in the first pie? Does the story end there because he was a ninja rat and he slaughtered the family?
Humans are really weird. And they write weird books.
Daddy showed me several different versions of the story...I will say that I like Paul Galdone's pictures the best. The happy kittens are great. The cats look, for the most part like real cats...unlike some of the other versions. The old one Daddy Tim called "Victorian" is great...though the little girl cats in their dresses are kind of creepy. Then there's the pink cat version. Pink? I'm shaking my head and it isn't because my ear itches. The chunky illustrations in the third one are ok too. At least there the kittens seem to be playing with the mittens--which is what we would do with them. I have asked Daddy Tim to bring home all the versions he can find to see if anyone ever discovered what happened to the rat. I guess I give this book two treats. Both are for the illustrations. Cats don't wear mittens or eat pie or wear aprons or wash clothes...and there's really no reason for them to do it in this book either...except that kitten and mitten rhyme....Humans, as I stated, are weird. |
I never found a listening device in Daddy Tim's slipper... but Blue Ball was in the hall last night just outside the bedroom. New Brown Mousie was IN the bedroom just yesterday. I know the Daddies think Bubble and I are moving these Mousies around, but we aren't. I think I must go lay on Blue Ball until he comes clean and tells me what they are plotting. I will keep you informed! |