Whiskers the Cat
Publisher: Burke Publishing Company Ltd., London
Published: 1951
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Table of contents: title: Coal-black Whiskers the Cat, disgusted by the invasion of a Fox Terrier into his home, decides to search for a land where there are no dogs. He buys a boat in Catsville for one feather and two mouse tails and sails away. Caught in a terrible storm, he ties himself to the mast to prevent his being washed overboard. But the knots in the rope tighten and, after the storm, he can't open them. His boat drifts ashore onto the island of Catania, where it is swarmed by a tribe of hungry Cannibal Rats. Using his wits to escape, he comes upon a tribe of Tabby Cats. There is only one dog here, they tell him, and that is the Dog, Rumbles, who has just captured the King Cat's daughter, Princess Pussy-Willow. Whiskers makes his way through the jungle to the castle of the Dog, Rumbles, where, again using his wits and his collection of feathers and marbles, he rescues Princess Pussy-Willow and receives her hand in marriage and half the kingdom of Catania in return. They live, of course, happily ever after.