Lois Letchford Reads "Diary of the Killer Cat" Part 6 |Remastered

26 Apr 2022 · 2 min

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In this narrated excerpt from Chapter 6 of the children’s book Diary of the Killer Cat, the narrator describes a morning scene where a man, still in his pajamas, aggressively repairs a cat door by hammering a nail shut. The man addresses the cat, Tuffy, directly, declaring the door a one‑way exit: the cat may leave but cannot return without the family’s permission. He threatens the cat with ominous language, warning that any dead thing on the doormat will bring further trouble. The passage blends dark humor with a sense of menace, highlighting themes of control, freedom versus confinement, and the absurdity of the cat’s perspective on human actions.

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Diary of the Killer Cat, Chapter 6. Still Friday. He nailed shut the cat door. Would you believe this man? He comes down the stairs this morning, and before he's even out of his pyjamas, he's set to work With hammer and nail. Bang, bang, bang, bang. I'm giving him the stare. I really am. But then he turns around and speaks to me directly. There, he said. That'll fix you. Now it swings this way, and he gives the cat door a hefty shove with his foot, but it doesn't swing this way. And sure enough, when the door tried to flap back in, it couldn't. It hit the nail. So, he said to me, you can go out. Feel free to go out. Feel free, in fact, not only to go out, but also to stay out. Get lost or disappear forever. But should you bother to come back again, don't go to the trouble of bringing anything with you, because this is now a one-way door, and so you will have to sit on the doormat until one of the family lets you in. He narrows his eyes all at me, all nasty-like. And woe betide you, Tuffy, if there's anything dead lying on the doormat beside you! Woe betide you? What a stupid expression! What on earth does he mean anyway? Woe betide you? Woe betide him!