"At the dullest of all dull moments, the almost all-white cat came to him in the tiny, silent apartment, on the most impossible of rainy days when there was nothing but rain, and two goldfish." To Barney, bored and homesick after a week in the city, the arrival of the cat—a cat who unlocked doors and who was nearly as rabbity as the thirty white rabbits he had left behind in the country—was a wonderful, miraculous thing. The cat led Barney and his parents on a merry chase, and when the incredible afternoon was over the family had gained a new understanding of loneliness—and of joy. With his own special magic Meindert DeJong has created a warm and very human story about a remarkable cat and the equally remarkable people in her life. Here is a joyous and unforgettable book, written with humor and wisdom by a master storyteller.
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