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's Christmas Part 10" (created 2021-03-12) featuring Lois Letchford narrating Chapter 10, "Chocolate, Coins, and Sausages," from Anne Fine’s children’s story (presented from a cat’s point of view describing Christmas morning, stockings, chocolate coins, sausages and household antics). The excerpt is a narrated reading rather than a dialogue or multi-speaker exchange.
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Hello, Lois Letchford reading from Anne Fine, The Killicats Christmas, Chapter 10. Chocolate, Coins, and Sausages. That night in Ellie's bedroom, the 3 ninnies couldn't stop whispering excitedly. Yippee! Christmas Day tomorrow! We'll wake to find our stockings on our beds, and we'll have sausages for breakfast. Then we'll unwrap the presents under the tree. Eat a lovely big lunch and super duper Christmas pudding. Then everyone will come in the front room to watch our show. It'll be magic! I settled down on Ellie's bed. She put her arms around me. Oh, Tuffy, I love you so! She's not so bad. I gave her a brief purr. I was quite looking forward to the stocking But no such luck. Right in the middle of the night, a huge hand scooped me up and dumped me out on the landing. I think these stockings will be safer away from you. Well, thank you, Santa. All the other doors were closed, so I settled on a nice warm towel I pulled down from the bathroom rack. It wasn't a bad night, though I was woken ridiculously early by frantic squeals. Look! Santa's left our stockings! Chocolate coins! I've got a little jumping frog! I've got a clockwork mouse! Oh, please! How old are Ellie and the twins? 3? You wouldn't catch me playing with a clockwork mouse unless it was to push it into Aunt Anne's furry slippers and give her a heart attack! But I still reckon it would be more fun to watch them unpacking their stockings than to hang around the bathroom on my own. So I jumped up on Ellie's bed. She threw her arms around me. Oh, Toffee Crispies is magic, isn't it? You think so, don't you? Even though you don't like chocolate coins. Who says I don't like chocolate coins? They're bright and gold and shiny and fun to bat off the bed. Okay, okay. So twist my tail. Some of the ones I batted down went down the giant hole that Mr. I Can Fix It All By Myself made in the floor when he was sorting out that leaking pipe. Is it my fault the hole's so deep she couldn't fish them out again? No. It is his! But not having quite so many chocolate coins as usual meant Ellie got hungrier sooner, so we all went down for breakfast. There didn't seem to be too much Christmas spirit coming my way. Nobody offered me a special breakfast. To get some sausages, I had to creep up and sit beside Lancelot And jump in his lap, knocking his elbow.
