This content was created by Lois Letchford. This content was uploaded by Lois Letchford. This is a YouTube video titled "Lois Letchford Reads The Killer Cat Strikes Back Part 8" (created 2021-01-20). It contains an English narrated reading of Chapter 8 from the juvenile/children's book The Killer Cat Strikes Back, performed by Lois Letchford. The excerpt is a descriptive passage featuring characters Bella, Tiger, Puskins (cats) and a girl Ellie, and is a single-speaker reading rather than a dialogue.
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Reading The Killer Cat Strikes Back, Chapter 8. There it is! Before 6 o'clock tonight. On my way back through the garden, Bella and Tiger and Puskins yowled at me from the wall Where they were sitting watching Ellie's mother trying to park. That car of your family, says Bella, it's a real disgrace! Pouring out smoke, agreed Puskins. Tiger was even more grumpy. We could all choke to death! We were still moaning as Ella's mother came up the path with the most recent triumph. And what is that? A heap of knitted twigs? Oh, that's her new work of art, I had to admit. She's given up on pottery and moved to garden sculptures. Those mangy old bits of trailing raffia are going to go everywhere, grumbled Bella. And is that a flag on the top, or did some lavatory paper get stuck to whatever is on the way home? Ellie's mother staggered through the gate and dumped her new great work of art onto the lawn. Smoke was still pouring out of the car, but she didn't notice. She was waving at Ellie. Come and see my new piece! It's— I'm calling it Wigwam in Summer. Ellie came rushing over, clasping her hands. Oh! she cried. It's lovely! It's beautiful! Can I have it as my own little house? Can I sit inside it and play let's pretend? Tiger just rolled his eyes, and Bella pretended kindly that she hadn't heard. I mean, everyone's embarrassed by their family. That is the way of the world. But Ellie is more than a few steps beyond soft. She has become essence of mush. All that sitting-inside-it talk had given Bella an idea. Excellent loo for cats, that wigwam, she couldn't help observing. Just the right size, very private, and you could fly that loo paper flag on top of the— to let people know whenever it's in use. And how it's in use, added Tiger. He turned to me. That's symbolism. That is, he explained. I know because someone in the family took the Great Books course at the same college. Let's hope she moved the wigwam onto the flowerbed, said Puskins. That'll make it easier scratching in after. I do live in a family. Hey, fellas, I rebuked them. What about poor Ellie? She won't want to sit and play let's pretend in a public lavatory. We were still arguing when the car that had been sitting.
