Lois Letchford reads Chapter 4 of Anne Fine's The Killer Cat Runs Away, where a cat tells her friends Tiger and Bella she's leaving home. She asks them for one good reason to stay beyond a warm house and food. They can't think of anything, so she decides to go.
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Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, reading from Anne Fine's The Killer Cat Runs Away, chapter 4, One Good Reason to Stay. That night I told the gang, I'm going to run away. They all stared. Run away? But why? Because I'm not happy at home. What's wrong with your home? demanded Tiger. The place is warm, isn't it? Well, yes, I had to admit. The place is warm. And comfy enough? said Bella. Yes. I grant you it's comfy enough, I said reluctantly. And the grub in your house is very good indeed. Obviously the grub is good, I said, or I still— or I wouldn't still be there. I waved an irritable paw. Give me one good reason why I ought to stay, apart from the fact that it's warm and comfy and And the grub is good. Yes, I said. Apart from that? They all had a good long think. But none of them could come up with a single reason why I ought to stay, apart from the fact that the house is warm and comfy and the grub is good. Well, there you go, I said triumphantly, when they had racked their brains. Not one of you can think of anything, so I have no choice but to run away.
