Chapter 1 Queen Lizzie Arrives I’m Tabitha Catarina Tabby Cat for short I L-O-V-E love cats I’ve loved them my whole life I even have a cat of my own a beautiful Himalayan cat named Bootsie Last spring I had three choices for where to spend the upcoming summer Choice Number One on a movie set with my parents They’re both veterinarians They take
care of animals that appear in movies That’s their job I said No thank you because there weren’t going to be any cat actors only horses Choice Number Two in the city at our condo with my nanny Pam She was going to house-sit for the summer Choice Number Three on my grandparents farm where they run their amazing cat hotel Tabby Towers Can you guess what my choice was Yes I’m here at Tabby Towers I feel like the luckiest girl alive I get to play with cats seven days a week I get to help care for them And I get to spend time with Grandma Kit and
Grandpa Tom So far this has been my best summer ever But there’s a problem The problem is a girl my age named Alfreeda Wolfe She lives on the farm next door to my grandparents place Her family runs a dog hotel I’d like to be better friends with her but she always brags about dogs and puts down cats It makes me so mad She even said mean things about a famous cat named Lizzie while Lizzie was a guest at Tabby Towers last month Do you think I started to hiss at Alfreeda Well here’s what happened
It was an early afternoon at the beginning of July Grandma Kit and I were busy working in the cat hotel Tabby Towers is on the main floor of my grandparents farmhouse It used to be their family room Grandpa Tom built everything for the hotel the cat trees scratching posts and seven kitty condos where the guests sleep at night Grandma Kit was cleaning dishes at the washtub I was playing a string game with a guest named Puppycat He was a large Maine coon Maine coons need a lot of exercise every day and I made sure Puppycat got his Two cute kittens Fifi and her brother
