The Cat Mummy: Part 5

By JACQUELINE WILSON

I can't believe she was ever a cute little kitten like Sporty, Scary, Baby and Posh.

You could run a clockwork frog right over Mabel and she wouldn't budge. She's never stalked or killed anything in her life.

She doesn't know that's the way cats are supposed to hunt food. She is happy to amble into the kitchen and wait for Gran to open her tin of Whiskas.

It's the only exercise she takes all day.

Gran says I've got to remember Mabel is very, very old.

Mabel has been very, very old ever since I can remember. She was my mum's cat. I haven't got a mum. She died the day I was born. That's almost all I know.

Gram still can't talk about Mum without her eyes going watery. Even Grandad cries. So I don't talk about my mum because I don't want to upset them.

Publisher: Random House

Price: $14.95

Age group: 8-13 years