He’s given one more chance by his editor-in-chief – if he can’t quickly produce some real news, then he’ll lose his job.
Tibbe always writes about cats he’s actually too shy to gather real news for himself. And that’s where the rather dopey journalist Tibbe first finds her, up a tree! Even as a woman, she still has some cat-like traits: she nuzzles up to people, she purrs, hisses, scratches and climbs trees. Pussycat Minoes has become a lady, at least for the main part. It has been translated into many languages and was successfully filmed in 2001. The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof is also the book that Annie Schmidt loved best and the one for which she won a Silver Slate Pencil in 1971. In this story, the tetchy, grubby stray cat gets all of the attention and protection and the most powerful man in town gets it in the neck. As in her other books, Annie Schmidt allows the weak to triumph against authority. The theme, the openness of the main characters and the choice of words – all of these elements are equally unexpected. The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof is a glorious, original and funny story. The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G.
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