The Adventures of Blackcat

By Nikolaj Vigrim

When Louise sellotapes some wings on her cat she doesn't know what she's started. Blackcat and his intrepid companions set off on adventures that take them to the ends of the world and beyond...

Suitable for readers 7 years and up

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nikolaj Vigrim
• Release date: Feb 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301567911

Nikolaj Vigrim

Nikolaj lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his long suffering partner, their four children and a cat that thinks she's a tiger. His work as a yacht captain takes him away for long periods to far flung corners of the globe. It's a full on job but when possible Nikolaj escapes into a fantasy world of teleporting clouds and flying cats to write stories for his children. He used to write these out long-hand but more recently has been tapping them out on an i-pad and publishing them online. While his children are rapidly growing up, the younger two are firm fans and always demand a bedtime story when Dad is home.

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The Adventures of Blackcat

by Nikolaj Vigrim

Published by Nikolaj Vigrim

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2008-2012 Nikolaj Vigrim

Also published by the same author at Smashwords

‘Harry’s Pocket Book of Clouds’

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/464755

‘Princess Rose’

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/404176

‘Blackcat’s Big Book of Cats’

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/451474

'Harry the Cloud'

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/286417

'Lucy'

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/287311

‘Cabo’

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/309911

‘Strange Happenings at No 4’

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/311520

‘Mr Farty Pants’

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/381268

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Chapter 1 - Blackcat

Dad arrived home after a being away most of the year.

'Have you bought us presents?' chorused Zoe and Lulu as they drove back from the airport.

'Shhhhh,' said Carolina, 'Dad's only just got back.

'Presents, presents, presents!' chanted the girls.

'Just one each,' said Dad, reaching into his bag and passing them a little something.

They tore off the wrapping paper.

'Cool,' said Zoe, 'An iceberg!'

'A penguin,' shouted Lulu. 'Oh thanks Dad.'

'Well, he's not going on my iceberg,' said Zoe.

'Tis too,' said Lulu.

'Tis not,' said Zoe.

'Tis.'

'Not.'

'Tis.'

'Not.'

'Oh, do shut up!' said Dad, scooping into his bag and throwing a handful of penguins back over his head.

Lulu caught one and introduced it to her other one, 'P1 meet P2,' then tried to balance them on Zoe's iceberg.

'No, no, no. My iceberg, get off!' said Zoe, and knocked Lulu's penguins flying under the seat.

Lulu got sad.

'Zoe, give that to me,' said Sofie in a bossy boots voice as she reached over from the backseat and grabbed the iceberg, then happily played Penguin Pile Up with Sam leaving the young ones in meltdown.

When they got home, Lulu hunted around under the seat, amongst the sweetie wrappers and rotting apple cores, to find her penguins.

Dad slipped a little present to her pocket. 'This is a little something special,' he said, then added, 'He's Balinese.'

'Balinese?' said Lulu, between sniffles.

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a little wooden cat, painted bright pink with blue and yellow flowers. 'Blackcat,' she said.

'He doesn't look very black to me,' said Dad.

'Just wait,' said Lulu.

She vanished into her and Zoe's room.

Snip, snip, snip, paste, Sellotape.

Before he knew what was happening, Blackcat had a black tail, black ears and a fine set of black wings.

He wasn't too sure about being black, he liked being pink, but he did like the look of the wings.

Cool, he thought, I'll learn to fly and go exploring.

Chapter 2 - Penguins and Polar Bears

The Penguins, P1 and P2, were worried. The penguins that lived on the iceberg in the living room had heard Sofie talking about polar bears eating penguins.

'Pas vrai,' she said.

'Pas vrai,' whatever that meant. The Penguins, knew it was French. The French liked eating. The French liked sauces with their food. Pas vrai must be the sauce that polar bears dunked their penguins in before plopping them whole into their enormous mouths and scrunching them up, flippers and all.

The Penguins