Lois Letchford reads Chapter 12 of Anne Fine's The Killer Cat Runs Away, where the cat narrator finds a dead bird while hungry and searching for food. The cat acknowledges it didn't kill the bird but wrestles with whether to eat it, ultimately choosing not to, a choice that echoes the moral stance of other cats in the story.
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Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, author of the book Reverse to Memoir and literacy problem solver, reading from Anne Fine's book The Killer Cat Runs Away. Chapter 12, I Did Not Kill It. Here is a warning. Those of you who are of a nervous disposition, and that means wet, had better skip this chapter. It isn't nice. I tramped the streets. The hours went by and I got hungrier and hungrier and hungrier. Everyone's wheelie bids Lids were fixed on tight. I went through one garden after another on the prowl, hoping that someone had at least put out a dish of milk for a hedgehog to keep me going. But there was nothing. I made my way right to the end of the row of gardens. Nothing. Sighing, I made my way back again. That's when I saw it lying on the grass under my feet. A baby bird. I did not kill it, understand? It must have fallen out of its nest after I went by the first time, possibly from fright. But it was dead. And fresh. And I was hungry. I gave the thing a little poke. Come on, I told myself, don't be so mimsy. It's meat. It's fresh. It's nice and traditional. And you are hungry. Alas! Nowhere near hungry enough, my friend. Nowhere near hungry enough. Bella and Tiger and Snowball were right. Yuck!
