Here Comes the Cat
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Here Comes The Cat is the title of a 1989 children's picture book by Frank Asch and Vladimir Vagin (illustrator), Published by Scholastic, Inc. This book is about a settlement of mice which are threatened by the ominous shadow of a big cat. This book has the text in both English and Russian!
Plot[edit]
The mice are going about their day. One mouse looks and sees a shadow of a cat. He gets in his balloon. The next day, a mice is painting a picture of himself. The mouse in his balloon says, "Here Comes The Cat!". Next, we see some mice riding a train. The conductor sees the mouse in his balloon, forcing the conductor's train to go fast. Next we see Papa Mouse digging a hole. Then, Papa Mouse warns that the Cat is coming, forcing Papa Mouse to dig faster. Next we see the mouse in the balloon going to the fair. The mouse warns to the Ferris Wheel Mice: HERE COMES TO THE CAT! The Ferris Wheel Mice then get off the Ferris Wheel. Next the mouse in the balloon warns the same to the people looking at the beach, forcing them to leave and turn their umbrellas over into rafts. The sky gets dark, forcing the balloon (and mouse) to fall down. Mouse lands in the water. Underwater, he warns that the Cat is coming, forcing the sea creatures to get away. The mouse (then on a fish) says the same. He then runs to the city, warning that the Cat is coming. The other mice then run away. Mouse then goes into the movie theater to see Mouse in Love, where a Male Mouse and a Female Mouse are dancing together, until the Cat gets the Female Mouse. The Cat then sneaks into the Movie Theater. Then Mouse warns to the moviegoers that the Cat is coming. The townspeople all run away worried that the Cat is coming to town. The cat is then show, carrying a load of cheese. All the other mice run to get into one of the holes of cheese. After the mice eat cheese, the Cat drinks milk.
As the sun begins to rise, all the mice come to say Good Bye to the cat.
The duo had collaborated on other books, including Dear Brother (1992).[1]
This book was also adapted into an animated short in 1992, directed by Alexander Tatarsky.
References[edit]
- ↑ Asch, Frank (1992). Dear brother. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 0590431072. Search this book on
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