Read up, Priyanka Talreja Garegrat’s ‘Kitten the Dog’, which is a delight for children, especially those who
have a thing for pets! At a pet shop, where a band of cats, dogs, hamsters,
turtles, frogs, mice and even snakes rule the roost, comes a man, looking for a
pet.
Now funnily enough, he
is looking for a dog that looks like a cat for his daughter. The pet shop owner
suggests a tiny chihuahua, which is happily bought and taken home. At his home,
the man’s daughter, Margi, who was originally expecting a cat, seems kind of
disappointed with the whole affair. But the man explains that this delightful breed of dogs is the tiniest of dogs and found in Mexico.
Reluctantly, Margi decides to force
the dog to be a cat, and takes it into the ‘teawee’ room, where she puts on a
channel called Cat TV. The dog, which is now called Kitten, is made to watch
all kinds of cat programmes, all day. The confused puppy, though understood
that Margi had been left motherless, decided to meow for her sake. Kitten would
keep on trying, but was never quite there yet.
One day, Kitten manages
to get out of the house, because he was told by his mother to do so, whenever he
felt the need to chase cars. So, he manages to go out onto the highway. The poor
fellow is picked up by a couple of cops, who feel sorry for the dog. The two
cops, who are chasing after a pet thief, are now put out of action because the
pet thief throws a knife at the cops’ car’s glass.
So, currently out of
action, they go down to the station, and keep the pup in their care. The pup is
put in an adoption drive, which the police decide to have to return the pets
that they have found. The pet shop owner, who claims that the chihuahua is his comes
to the station and asks for the dog. But the chihuahua does not want to go, due
to the ill treatment he was always given at the shop.
Will Kitten be given
away to this guy? Will the pet thief ever get caught? Incidentally, will Margi,
who put out an advertisement for her missing dog, find him? Also, would the
reader try and understand the uncertainty of a child, who only has a father and
her trials to convert her cat into a dog?
The illustrations by
Archana Rajagopal are endearing and so adorable that you might even consider
getting a pet. Link them all and solve this mystery, Folks…
You can Buy the Book, right here.
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