Cats are really interesting animals.
Many of us have a cat around the house without knowing much about the history of cats. According to this little book, cats haven t been kept as pets nearly as long as dogs have been people s pets. Still, people have admired their beauty and their skill as mouse catchers for about 4,000 years. The people in Northern Africa kept the crops they grew in huge storage units called granaries. Rats and mice came around and ate much of the stored food.