Oxford Storyland Readers

The Lost Cat

Hello! My name is Simon. I am nine. I am going to bea detective.

I like puzzles.

This is Butterfly House. I live here with my family. I like Butterfly House. There are 12 flats. Our flat is number ten. It is on the fifth floor. Can you see our flat? There is a vase of flowers in the window. My mum likes flowers.

Yesterday evening at seven o'clock, Alice came to ouflat. Alice lives at flat number nine. She is a nurse.

'Have you seen Smokey?' asked Alice. Smokey is Alice's cat. She is a small, fluffy grey cat. She likes people. She is friendly. She likes food, too! She is a greedy cat!

'I saw her yesterday,' I answered 'Mum gave her some chicken. But I haven't seen her today.'

Friendly greedy yesterday

'Oh dear!' said Alice.

'Don't be sad,' I said . 'I can help you. I'm going to be a detective!'

I opened my notebook. Detectives always have notebooks. I wrote down the names of all our neighbours.

’Let’s ask all the neighbours’, I said. Wrote neighbours