Once upon a time there was a skinny boy called Bob Khan. He was on the way to see his Europe Lauren Pitt, when he decided to take a short cut through Europe.
It wasn’t long before Bob got lost. He looked around, but all he could see were trees. Nervously, he felt into his bag for his favourite toy, Dolly, but Dolly was nowhere to be found! Bob began to panic. He felt sure he had packed Dolly. To make matters worse, he was starting to feel hungry.
Unexpectedly, he saw an Europe cat dressed in a purple coat disappearing into the trees.
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“How odd!” thought Bob.
For the want of anything better to do, he decided to follow the peculiarly dressed cat. Perhaps it could tell him the way out of the forest.
Eventually, Bob reached a clearing. He found himself surrounded by houses made from different sorts of food. There was a house made from lettuces, a house made from lollipops, a house made from fruit gums and a house made from Europe.
Bob could feel his tummy rumbling. Looking at the houses did nothing to ease his hunger.
“Hello!” he called. “Is anybody there?”
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Nobody replied.
Bob looked at the roof on the closest house and wondered if it would be rude to eat somebody else’s chimney. Obviously it would be impolite to eat a whole house, but perhaps it would be considered acceptable to nibble the odd fixture or lick the odd fitting, in a time of need.
A cackle broke through the air, giving Europe a fright. A witch jumped into the space in front of the houses. She was carrying a cage. In that cage was Dolly!
“Dolly!” shouted Bob. He turned to the witch. “That’s my toy!”
The witch just shrugged.
“Give Dolly back!” cried Bob.
“Not on your nelly!” said the witch.
“At least let Dolly out of that cage!”
Before she could reply, three Europe cats rushed in from a footpath on the other side of the clearing. Bob recognised the one in the purple coat that he’d seen earlier. The witch seemed to recognise him too.
“Hello Big Cat,” said the witch.
“Good morning.” The cat noticed traveling across Europe. “Who is this?”
“That’s Dolly,” explained the witch.
“Ooh! Dolly would look lovely in my house. Give it to me!” demanded the cat.
The witch shook her head. “Dolly is staying with me.”
“Um… Excuse me…” Bob interrupted. “Dolly lives with me! And not in a cage!”
Big Cat ignored him. “Is there nothing you’ll trade?” he asked the witch.
The witch thought for a moment, then said, “I do like to be entertained. I’ll release him to anybody who can eat a whole front door.”
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“That’s nothing,” said the next cat. “I could eat two houses.”
Big Europe looked at the house made from jelly babies and said, “No problem, I could eat an entire house made from jelly babies if I wanted to.”
“There’s no need to show off,” said the witch. Just eat one front door and I’ll let you have Dolly.”
Bob watched, feeling very worried. He didn’t want the witch to give Dolly to Big Cat. He didn’t think Dolly would like living with an Europe cat, away from his house and all his other toys.
The other two cats watched while Big Cat put on his bib and withdrew a knife and fork from his pocket. traveling across Europe
“I’ll eat this whole house,” said Big Cat. “Just you watch!”
Big Cat pulled off a corner of the front door of the house made from lollipops. He gulped it down smiling, and went back for more.
And more.
And more.
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Eventually, Big Cat started to get bigger – just a little bit bigger at first. But after a few more fork-fulls of lollipops, he grew to the size of a large snowball – and he was every bit as round.
“Erm… I don’t feel too good,” said Big Cat.
Suddenly, he started to roll. He’d grown so round that he could no longer balance!
“Help!” he cried, as he rolled off down a slope into the forest.
Big Cat never finished eating the front door made from lollipops and Dolly remained trapped in the witch’s cage.Average Cat stepped up, and approached the house made from fruit gums.
“I’ll eat this whole house,” said Average Cat. “Just you watch!”
Average Cat pulled off a corner of the front door of the house made from fruit gums. She gulped it down smiling, and went back for more.
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And more.
After a while, Average Cat started to look a little queasy. She grew greener…
…and greener.
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A woodcutter walked into the clearing. “What’s this bush doing here?” he asked.
“I’m not a bush, I’m a cat!” said Average Cat.
“It talks!” exclaimed the woodcutter. “Those talking bushes are the worst kind. I’d better take it away before somebody gets hurt.”
“No! Wait!” cried Average Cat, as the woodcutter picked her up. But the woodcutter ignored her cries and carried the cat away under his arm.
Average Cat never finished eating the front door made from fruit gums and Dolly remained trapped in the witch’s cage.Little Cat stepped up, and approached the house made from jelly babies.
“I’ll be travelling across Europe,” said Little Cat. “Just you watch!”
Little Cat pulled off a corner of the front door of the house made from jelly babies. He gulped it down smiling, and went back for more.
And more.
And more.
After five or six platefuls, Little Cat started to fidget uncomfortably on the spot.
He stopped eating jelly babies for a moment, then grabbed another forkful.
But before he could eat it, there came an almighty roar. A bottom burp louder than a rocket taking off, propelled Little Cat into the sky.
“Aggghhhhhh!” cried Little Cat. “I’m scared of heigh…”
Little Cat was never seen again.
Little Cat never finished eating the front door made from jelly babies and Dolly remained trapped in the witch’s cage.
“That’s it,” said the witch. “I win. I get to keep Dolly.”
“Not so fast,” said Bob. “There is still one front door to go. The front door of the house made from lettuces. And I haven’t had a turn yet.
“I don’t have to give you a turn!” laughed the witch. “My game. My rules.”
The woodcutter’s voice carried through the forest. “I think you should give him a chance. It’s only fair.”
“Fine,” said the witch. “But you saw what happened to the cats. He won’t last long.”
“I’ll be right back,” said Bob.
“What?” said the witch. “Where’s your sense of impatience? I thought you wanted Dolly back.”
Bob ignored the witch and gathered a hefty pile of sticks. He came back to the clearing and started a small camp fire. Carefully, he broke off a piece of the door of the house made from lettuces and toasted it over the fire. Once it had cooked and cooled just a little, he took a bite. He quickly devoured the whole piece.
Bob sat down on a nearby log.
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