More Sue and Tai-Chan! Their owner brings home another new cat toy, which Sue watches intently, but Tai-Chan always pounces first. Some neighbor cats come strolling briefly through the yard, and Sue teaches Tai-Chan how to greet them from the window. Sue tries to teach Tai-Chan the proper way to respond when humans call his name (by at first ignoring them) but the kitten is too eager for everything. Tai-Chan tries to practice making fierce faces, but it’s just funny instead. He gets in the way when things are being cleaned. He tries to hide his “toys” (crumpled paper, bits of string, etc) but the owner eventually finds things when tidying up. The kitten experiences his first snowfall (cold!) and gets into trouble when climbs onto the kitchen counter. The cats subtly compete for who gets to sit on the owner’s lap (solution really made me smile). They work together to wake him up early in the morning, when both kitties are hungry (my cats never did paws on the face, but this sure seems to be a thing with most). When a holiday comes around, the cats are curious about festive objects- and this was my favorite episode in the whole book. Tai-Chan turned himself into a mermaid! It was so cute. And the closing pages have Tai-Chan hiding under things- a folded newspaper, a box- to pounce out and surprise the older Sue. But when he crawls under a blanket on the bed, he can’t find his way out again! Sue helps out, and Tai-Chan is the one to get startled now.
Can’t wait to read more of these. Anybody who’s had a cat would love it. Borrowed from the public library. Next book in the series.
