"""When Ramsay Wood retells a story he makes a proper job of it."" - The Times From around the world - Korea to Ireland, Burma to France - come these nine hardy cat tales, stories that have survived for generations because of their enduring popularity. Vicious, affectionate, murderous or benign - however you view cats you will find them portrayed here in full contradictory splendour. Aided by eight top illustrators, Ramsay Wood retells a lively, personal selection. His previous book was the highly acclaimed ""Kalila and Dimna - Selected Fables of Bidpai"", which was adapted for the stage as ""A Word in the Stargazer's Eye"" at the 1984 Edinburgh Festival. He was the Secretary of the London-based College of Storytellers until 1991. ""A cat may look at a King, and a swain's eye hath as high a reach as a lord's looks."" - Robert Greene, 1590"