Synopses & Reviews
Who ever heard of a cat so greedy it swallowed its friend, the parrot, then a nosy old woman, a farmer and his donkey, and even the sultans royal wedding procession? Meilo Sos hungry, irascible tabby just opens his mouth and
gobble, gobble, slip, slopdown its gullet they go. Each page shows the cat getting fatter and fatter until two small land crabs put an end to the cats greed. With a glorious gatefold pull-out, So wraps up her story with all of the victims, including the sultans elephant, tumbling out of the cats tummy as good as new.
Retold from an Indian folktale, its as preposterous as “The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” and much more fun. Children will join in the gobble, gobble, slip, slop refrain and want to look at the irresistible artwork again and again.