This book is MADE to be read to kitties. I was interested to see what a human writer would think a real cat would find interesting...I think this Sara lady did a good job! The first story begins "One morning you were taking a nice nap on your favorite chair. THUMP THUMP THUMPITY THUMP! Here came your friend into the room. 'My friend is so noisy!' you said to yourself." |
The kitty finally discovers the best present: the wrapping paper! That's just like Christmas. Then she takes a nap. That really was a good story to read to a kitty!
The next story is about wanting to go outside. I really related to that. There was white stuff falling from the sky, but the kitty wanted to go out anyway. She begged at the door. Her human said no. She begged some more. He let her out. The white stuff was cold and wet. The ground was missing too. The kitty thinks, why did my friend force me to come out in this cold, white stuff? And she begs to come back inside...where she has a good nap. I like this story too.
I can relate to the last story. The kitty wants to be fed in the morning. The writing says it is early, but the human says it is six o'clock. I am pretty sure that the number my daddies yell at me when I jump on them is earlier than that. Four is earlier than six, right? (Human time is hard. Kitty time is better: lap time, dinner time, nap time, run-around-like-your-tail-is-on-fire time and play time. That's all you need). Anyway the kitty decides to play. She plays with the rug, she finds some neat paper to crumple on the dresser. She jumps on the human again. She chases her tail and has a bath...when breakfast is finally served, she's too tired to eat it. (Well, that never happens to me; food's always good).
I recommend this book to kitties and little humans. I do think it is perfect to read to your cat if you are lucky enough to be owned by a good kitty like me and the puss in this book. I really liked True Kelley's pictures. They captured perfect catness especially in the napping stages. I want to read the first three stories in the first book. I will make Daddy Tim bring it to me.
Today's tip for Cat Children of Human People (CaCHuPs): You just have to accept it: your human is a giant weirdo. They will pat you on the head and make lovey sounds one minute and throw their arms around and make loud gabbling noises the next. They will beg you to get in their lap and then dump you off a half hour later just when you are getting your nap going. They will get food out of the good food cold lock box every night and then NOT let you have any! They will sit for hours watching a glowey box and then call you lazy for snoozing in a sunbeam after a long hard day of...keeping them safe from marauding outdoor pusses and mousies--between naps in sunbeams. I say just relax with it. You will get used to their weirdness even if you never understand it. Maybe you can get them to read you a book about being a kitty, so they will understand more.