Chapter 1 Hundreds of Cat Heroes I’m Tabitha Catarina Tabby Cat for short I L-O-V-E love cats Hairballs and all Cats are my favorite animals in the world I even have a cat of my own She’s a beautiful Himalayan cat named Bootsie Last spring my parents gave me a choice They said I could spend the summer on a big movie set with them or at my grandparents
farm My mom and dad are veterinarians They care for animals that appear in movies That’s their job I decided against the movie set There weren’t going to be any cat actors there only horses I chose to spend the summer with Grandma Kit and Grandpa Tom They’re true cat lovers like me In fact they run a cat hotel on their farm It’s called Tabby Towers So when I stay with them I get to work and play with cats seven days a week I’m such a lucky girl There is a problem though And her name is Alfreeda Wolfe Alfreeda is a girl my age who lives on the farm next door to my grandparents
place She wants to be good friends with me but sometimes she can be so annoying See Alfreeda L-O-V-E-S loves dogs That’s okay except she brags about them All The Time She puts down cats a lot too One day last month she said there were hardly any cat heroes in the world She acted like every dog was born wearing superhero clothes She even said a caring brave cat named Darcy wasn’t a hero Darcy was a guest at Tabby Towers that day Alfreeda said that cats are too selfish to do great things even Darcy Well That certainly made my claws come out Do you think a cat fight broke out Get cozy and I’ll tell you all about it
It was the middle of June on a warm rainy morning Alfreeda Grandma Kit and I were in my grandparents living room We were getting ready for a magic show The show was going to start at four o’clock right there in that big room Lots of people had said they’d come I was going to be the magician I even had an amazing costume My sweet cat Bootsie was going to help with the tricks Bootsie is a super-calm cat She doesn’t mind a room full of strangers I knew she’d do a great job I’d already painted the inside of the Magic Disappearing Box black Grandpa Tom had
