The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales
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Ruth Lorimer has a nursery full of toys, but the gloomy London house offers little of the companionship she wants. Her father is absorbed in his papers, and Nurse Smith finds make-believe difficult. When a thin grey cat appears on the stairs, Ruth welcomes a living friend who answers her attention with a purr. Nurse, however, considers the kitchen cat an unsuitable visitor to the rooms above.
Amy Walton's collection of English children's tales opens with this small domestic conflict, giving a child's loneliness the weight that the adults around her fail to recognise. Ruth's efforts to explain her attachment bring her father into a closer conversation with her. The title story offers readers a portrait of childhood shaped by household rules, material comfort and the need to be heard, with an ordinary animal at the centre of its emotional life.
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Book facts
- Author
- Amy Walton
- Reading time
- About 50 minutes
- Pages
- 34
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online