Lois Reads - Return of the Killer Cat Chapter 10

30 Dec 2020 · 3 min

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In this audiobook excerpt, Lois Letchford narrates Chapter 10 of Anne Fine’s Return of the Killer Cat from the cat Tuffy’s first‑person viewpoint. After a car accident leaves the family scattered, Ellie rushes to greet Tuffy, calling him “Toffee” and later “Tuffy” while accusing the cat of being a murderer, a pig, and a beast. Melanie is sobbing, and the tension escalates as Ellie’s mother arrives. Tuffy, feeling indignant, attempts to strut away but is intercepted by the vicar, who scoops him up from behind a pear tree. The vicar’s dramatic hold and stare are described with sarcastic humor, and the passage ends with Tuffy’s resigned farewell. The excerpt showcases the cat’s sarcastic narration, the family’s emotional chaos, and the vicar’s unexpected role.

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Return of the Killer Cat by Anne Fine. Read by Lois Letchford. Chapter 10: How It Ended. So that sort of explains what all the fuss was about when the car drew up at the roadside and out spilled the family. Toffee! yelled Ellie. Catching sight of me through Melanie's open garden gate, she rushed in to greet me. Tuffy! Then she spotted Melanie sobbing her eyes out. What's the matter? Your cat ought to go to prison! Melanie shrieked at this. Your cat's not a cat! Your cat's a pig! And a beast! And a murderer! I went Trying to look all sweet and— Janety. Ellie's eyes had gone huge. She looked at me sternly, and her eyes filled with tears. Oh, Tuffy, she whispered, horrified. What have you done? I like that. Very nice. Aren't families supposed to stick up for one another? Charming of Ellie to believe the worst, just because her best friend is watering the lawn with her tears, and there are bits of shredded nightie all over. I was pretty put out, I can tell you. I stuck my tail up in the air and started to huffy strut out of there. Wrong way! Straight into the vicar's arms. Gotcha! he said. Scooping me up before I'd even spotted him lurking behind the pear tree. Gotcha! And that's how, when Ellie's mother finally strolled through the gate, she found the vicar holding me the way that, that a cat lover doesn't hold a cat, and staring at me the way A cat lover doesn't stare! And saying things I don't believe a vicar ought to say, ever! And he won't be asked to cat-sit in our house again! Anyone sorry? No, I don't think so! Bye! Thank you! Enjoy!