Clever Mr Cat

One day, a hungry cat walking in a wood, spotted a pigeon in a leafless tree. “Good evening Mrs Pigeon,” said the cat. “You are clever to be able to fly, but you’re not as clever as me.” Using repetition, Apollo Starks’s fable, Clever Mr Cat is a great way to help young children become familiar with, recognise and learn new words, and this story, in the much loved tradition of Aesop, is not only darkly entertaining but also has a moral ending to the tale.