Dick Whittington and his Cat (4)

Dick Whittington and his Cat (4)

He was very grateful to the Merchant.

But, alas, the cook was always very bad tempered and, when no one was looking, she used to beat and pinch him with the broomsticks or ladle, or whatever else she had handy.

At last Alice, Mr Fitzwarren's daughter, heard how badly the cook was treating Dick.

She told the cook that she would lose her job if she didn't treat him kindly, for the family had become quite fond of Dick.

After that the cook treated Dick more better, but he had another problem.

The other thing that made Dick sad was that he had to sleep in a tiny attic at the very top of the house and it was full of rats and mice.



Every night, rats and mice crawled all over his body and tried to bite his nose .
Sometimes he hardly slept a wink.

He was so desperate to get rid of them.

Sometimes he earned a penny for cleaning a merchant's shoes.
He saved up all his pennies.

Luckily, one day he met a girl holding a cat and bought it with all his pennies.

The cat was a very special cat.
She was the best cat in all of London at catching mice and rats.

After a few weeks Dick’s life was much easier because of his clever puss who had eaten all the rats and mice and he was able to sleep in peace.   

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