The story is so endearing, told in Kipling’s rhythmic and lyrical prose, that it is easy to see why it continues to appeal to children, over a century after it was first published. We learn how Cat and Man reached a compromise which persists today. Meanwhile, in the forest, the wild animals are looking on with interest, all except for proud Cat who insists on keeping his independence whilst the other creatures, one by one, become the slave or the friend of Man. This short story is about the beginning of domesticated life where we hear how a host of animals become the servants or friends of Man.įirst Man and First Woman meet and start building a life together in a cave, even making a first baby.
I listened through my phone and enjoyed it even more than I had as a child. At just over twenty minutes long, the tale accompanied me on a walk through the wet wild woods around Henfield. Lisa Goddard narrates Kipling’s magical, timeless writing beautifully and from the first sentence I was entranced. The Clipper Audio version of this classic – offered by WSCC libraries via RB Digital through the audio book facility – brought the story wonderfully to life for me. “in the wet, wild woods…” Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Cat that Walked by Himself’ The reading challenge offered me the perfect excuse to return to my favourite, which is taken from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories and called The Cat that Walked by Himself. I couldn’t wait for November to come to read my childrens classic! “Hear and attend and listen for this befell, and this be-happened and became and was, oh my best beloved – when the tame animals were wild…” Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Cat that Walked by Himself’
Read on to find out what Sally thought of her latest book! This month, Sally skipped ahead to the November challenge, which is to read a children’s classic, and chose the endearing tale The Cat that Walked by Himself from Kipling’s Just So Stories. Check out Sally’s most recent review here !
Sally from Henfield has been following the Horsham District Year of Culture Reading Challenge and has read some fantastic books so far! In January, she read Chris Cleave’s The Other Hand and back in February she read Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White.
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