Jennifer P. Tanabe

I’m Pippie.
Pippie, the adventure cat!

When I first came to live here, I wasn’t an adventure cat.
I just wanted to hide.
I found a lot of good places.
But my humans didn’t know where I was.
And I didn’t know where my food was.
So I got hungry.

There were two other cats in the house – a big one and a little one.
The little cat was mean to me.
I was scared of her when she hissed at me.

The big one told me not to hide all the time.
Then she taught me lots of stuff.
Like she showed me where my food was.
That made me happy!

She said don’t come up on the couch.
But she was always on the couch.
So I didn’t understand!

Anyway, she didn’t complain when I went on the big chair where the Man sat.
It had a nice warm blanket. I was happy.

One day Mummy opened the big door wide.
She told me to come Outside.
It looked scary in the Outside.
I didn’t want to go.

Finally I was brave and went through the door.
It was scary – it was so big!

Then I went to where Mummy was sitting on a chair.
She had a cup of tea.
She wasn’t scared of the Outside.

There were so many interesting things in this Outside.
I liked it!

I could see a lot of green stuff.
It looked interesting. Like a nice carpet.
But when I walked on it, it wasn’t soft like a carpet at all!
It felt very strange.
I didn’t like it.
So I lifted my feet high and tried to go quickly without touching it too much.

I found a rock, and went to sit on it.
And my feet got wet!
But it was OK.
It was just water.
I could have a drink.

Then Mummy told me to come to see something important.
She showed me a special door.
I went in and it was inside our house!
Then I came out again, to the Outside!

Mummy told me I could come to the Outside any time I wanted.
I was so proud!

Now I can have lots of adventures, by myself!
I’m a real adventure cat!

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