The Adventures of Mylo: The Cat Who Grew Wings

By Jane Fernwood

Welcome to the magical Community of Farthinglen where Mylo the cat lives with his companion witch Hattie. Find out what happens when Mylo sips some of Hattie's magic potion. Will he accept the resulting major change to his body and learn to use his new powers in a positive way and will his family and friends accept his new identity? If you like cats and magic and the unexpected you'll love reading The Adventures of Mylo - the Cat Who Grew Wings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Digital On Demand
• Release date: Nov 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9780796128751

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For

Alys-Rose and Chloe Myla

THE ADVENTURES OF MYLO

The Cat Who Grew Wings

Written by Jane Fernwood

Edited by Elaine Ridge

AI Illustrations generated by Bing

Published by Jane Crowe Publications

Copyright © 2023 Jane Crowe

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

First Printing: 2023

Pb ISBN 978-0-7961-2726-6

eB ISBN 978-0-7961-2875-1

Printed and Bound in South Africa by

print on demand

Typeset and Cover Design by Wade Hunkin

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About the Author

For many years Jane worked in primary schools producing classroom resources for young learners and encouraging children to develop their literacy and creative writing skills. Later as the Media Resources Manager in the Faculty of Education at a London university, she trained teachers to produce handmade picture books, classroom newsletters, and other educational materials. She now lives in Cape Town with her South African husband where she continues to write and publish children’s stories of her own.

Visit her website, follow her blog, and join her reader list at www.janefernwood.com to keep up with her news and other publications.

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to Alys-Rose Hughes for the original inspiration for a witch’s cat who grew wings.

My thanks also go to:

Chloe Myla Crowe for her suggestions about Mylo’s appearance. Quinton Crowe for his untiring and very helpful creative suggestions, Elaine Ridge for her excellent editing skills and encouragement, and finally:

Chloe’s cat Mylo - alias Batcat!

Chapter 1

Mylo the cat was born with the softest, shiniest black coat. Most of the other cats in the magic community were jealous of his sleek appearance and his red leather collar with the silver bell. Mylo loved to stroll around the neighbourhood with his head held high, enjoying their admiring glances.

Mylo lived with Hattie; she was one of the younger witches in the magic community of Farthinglen. He loved to sit beside her when she prepared her special potions. The one that glowed yellow and smelt like smoked haddock interested him most. The bubbly pink one that held a promising hint of chicken was his second favourite. He was always tempted to get a sneaky sip.

One morning Mylo thought that day’s mix smelt wonderful. It was like nothing he’d ever smelt before. Standing on his hind legs he leaned against the kitchen counter sniffing. He was just about to jump up as usual when Hattie waved her mixing wand at him, ‘Keep your nose, paws, and whiskers out of this potion. It’s very special and is definitely NOT meant for cats!’

Giving him her special, you’d better not push your luck mister, look she added, ‘You never know what might happen if you let your natural cat curiosity get the better of you!’

Mylo couldn’t speak Witch but understood every word Hattie said. Hattie didn’t speak Cat but understood Mylo’s ways of communicating. She smiled and nodded as he replied with a gentle purr.

Still curious, and believing today’s potion promised extreme deliciousness, he rubbed against her legs mewing pleadingly. She added another ingredient saying, ‘Stop that Mylo, this is definitely not one for you.’

Just then the doorbell rang. Hattie dashed to the door squawking, ‘Oh lorks-a-diddly, I hope it’s my delivery. I need the silver concentrate and distilled nettle juice to finish this mix for my customer. He ordered it three weeks ago. Eish, it should have been done by now.’

She grabbed her package from the courier then hurried back to the kitchen worried her mix would boil over. She got to the pot just in time to give it a quick stir then turn down the heat.

At that very moment Mylo’s curiosity overwhelmed