Reading through these right quick. Third book about Sue the older cat and Tai-Chan, young black kitten who came to stay in her household. Sue tries to teach Tai-Chan to navigate the stairs safely. Tai-Chan practices sneaking up and leaping out at other cats- namely Sue, but also a stray tabby that walks regularly through their yard. Sue tries to find places to nap where Tai-Chan won’t run over her in his playful antics. (The best was hiding behind the television). They both search for warm places when the weather is cold- but Sue can’t fit into a fuzzy slipper like Tai-Chan does! and they end up snuggling together. The kitten gets in the way during various cleaning operations performed by their owner again, rummages through Christmas decorations, and pulls toilet paper off the roll all over the house- getting Sue mixed up in things when she isn’t at all to blame. But most notably, Tai-Chan’s original owner comes back to claim him- so for a while the house is very quiet. Sue thinks this will be very welcome, having things back the way they used to be, but soon realizes she actually misses having the kitten around. However he hasn’t gone far and shows up at the window again looking for Sue, becomes quite the regular visitor. Also in the very last panel another kitten comes by the house, sneaks in and leaves again barely seen, sparking curiosity for what will happen next.
There’s a little extra comic in the final pages, where the author tells how not to get involved when cats fight- hers was having an altercation with a strange cat through the window, and when the owner approached, the cat turned and attacked owner. Little cautionary tale of misplaced aggression.
Borrowed from the public library. Next book in the series.