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Tabby McTat was a busker’s cat With a miaow that was loud and strong. The two of them sang of this and that, And people threw coins in the old checked hat, And this was their favourite song: “Me, you and the old guitar, How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar, How PURRRR-fectly happy we are.”
NO BUSKING One morning, while Fred ate some bacon and bread, McTat took a stroll round the block, Then stopped – for there on a doorstep sat A gorgeously glossy and green-eyed cat. She was black with one snowy white sock. Sock and McTat had a cat-to-cat chat And that’s how their story began, For while they were chatting of this and of that . . .
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About the book: The heart-warming picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog. "Me, you and the old guitar. How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar. How PURRRR-fectly happy we are!" Tabby McTat is purr-fectly happy, singing along all day with Fred the busker. But when Fred gives chase… More about Tabby McTat
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