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    The Cat-Attack
    The Cat-Attack
    The Cat-Attack
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    The Cat-Attack

    By Benjamin Parsons

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    Baby Jessica adores her pet kitten, and her father Joe is delighted to see her so happy - until the cat attacks her. But is the cat truly to blame - or have the crimes of Joe's past caught up with him? This short, sharp morality tale, inspired by a London local news article and folktale motifs, is part of the collection Tales from the Old World.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBenjamin Parsons
    Release dateApr 5, 2024
    ISBN9798215199305
    The Cat-Attack
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    Benjamin Parsons

    I am a writer and artist from the Westcountry of England now living in London. I write and illustrate stories about love, hate, ambition, revenge, beauty, and the supernatural.

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      The Cat-Attack - Benjamin Parsons

      The Cat-Attack

      Copyright 2024 Benjamin Parsons. First published in 2016.

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      Here’s as moral a little fable as ever I heard— all about a man called Joe Wightman, a builder by trade, who, having indulged in a wild and reckless youth, eventually found and married a good woman, built himself a house, and settled down to family life. So far so edifying; and no sooner were they moved in than Mrs Wightman was ready to give birth to their first child, so with no more difficulties than are common she presented her husband with a healthy baby daughter, who they christened Jessica.

      Now, this Jessica really was a beautiful

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