The Cat Mummy: Part 1

By JACQUELINE WILSON

Do you have any pets?

My best friend Sophie had got four kittens called Sporty, Scary, Baby and Posh.

My second-best friend Laura has a golden Labrador dog called Dustbin.

My sort-of-boyfriend Aaron has got a dog too, a black mongrel called Liquorice Allsorts, though he gets called Licky for short.

My world enemy Moyra has got a boa constrictor snake called Crusher. Well, she says she has.

I've never been to her house so I don't know if she's telling fibs.

I think Sophie is ever so lucky.

I love going round to her house to play with her kittens.

They're so sweet, the way they scamper around everywhere.

Sophie's mum gets cross sometimes because they knock things over and they've pulled off all the curtain cords but the kittens don't care a bit when she wags her finger at them.

The only thing they're the slightest bit frightened of is a little clockwork frog.

They used to run away from it but now Scary is getting quite bold and dares stretch out a paw to try to catch it.

I could play with Sophie's kittens all day long.

Publisher: Random House

Price: $14.95

Age group: 8-13 years