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No, no, sorry, I haven't seen Samuel Spratt.

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I've seen Tabby McTat and Soames and Susan,

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but I...

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Oh, hello. I'm Josie.

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The cats were just telling me that they haven't seen Samuel Spratt

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for a very long time and they wondered if I'd seen him.

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Have you seen him?

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He's small, grey and stripy and he wears a little red tartan collar.

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Well, maybe tonight's story will help us find Samuel, hmm?

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This story is by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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and is called Tabby McTat.

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Tabby McTat was a busker's cat

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with a miaow that was loud and strong.

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The two of them sang of this and that

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and the people threw coins in the old checked hat

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and this was their favourite song.

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# Me, you and the old guitar

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# How perfectly, perfectly happy we are

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# Meee-you and the old guitar

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# How purr-fectly happy we are. #

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One morning, while Fred ate some bacon and bread,

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McTat took a stroll round the block

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then stopped, for there on a doorstep sat

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a gorgeously glossy and green-eyed cat.

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She was black with one snowy white sock.

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Sock and McTat had a cat-to-cat chat

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and that's how their story began.

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For while they were chatting of this and of that,

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a thief had his eye on the old checked hat.

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He eyed it, he snatched it, he ran.

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The busker gave chase, but he tripped on a lace

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and crash! In a flash he was down.

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He broke his leg and he banged his head

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and he ended up in a hospital bed in a far away part of town.

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"Goodbye," McTat said, "I must go back to Fred,"

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but where had the busker gone?

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The sun went down and the sky grew black.

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The stars came out but he didn't come back.

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McTat lingered on and on.

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A week later, Sock took a stroll round the block

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and found her new friend looking thin.

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"He's gone off and left me," said Tabby McTat.

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Then Socks said, "My people, Prunella and Pat,

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"would gladly find room for a fine tabby cat."

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She was right and they took McTat in.

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Next morning, Old Fred left his hospital bed

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and found his way back to the square.

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But a brass band stood where the pair once sat

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and the band played this and the band played that

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and Fred looked all round for his loud-miaowed cat

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but Tabby McTat wasn't there.

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Now McTat had a wife and a very full life

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with plenty of things to do,

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like washing Prunella and pouncing on Pat

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and hiding the car keys under the mat

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and keeping the newspapers nice and flat

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and giving the pens an occasional bat

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and nibbling this and nibbling that

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but he dreamed of his friend with the old checked hat

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and he always woke up with a, "Miaow?"

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And often he said, "What's happened to Fred?"

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And his paws took him back to the square

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but a conjurer stood where the pair once sat

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and he pulled out this and he pulled out that

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and the people threw coins in the tall black hat.

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But the busker was never there.

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One morning Socks said, "Look, under the bed

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"and see the three kittens I've had."

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And Soames looked like this

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and Susan like that

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and the littlest kitten, called Samuel Spratt,

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looked exactly the same as his dad.

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The three kittens grew and they learnt how to mew

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and McTat sometimes sang them his song.

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And Samuel Spratt, with his tabby-grey fur,

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had a deafening miaow and a very loud purr

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and he simply loved singing along.

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# Me, you and the old guitar

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# How perfectly, perfectly happy we are

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# Meee-you and the old guitar

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# How purr-fectly happy we are! #

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When Susan and Soames found very good homes,

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their parents were happy and proud.

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There was one home like this and another like that

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but nobody wanted poor Samuel Spratt.

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They all said, "His voice is too loud."

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Now, Tabby McTat was a home-loving cat

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but he couldn't stop dreaming of Fred

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and one day he called for his wife and his son

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and told them, "There's something that has to be done,

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"I must go and find him," he said.

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So up and down and all over town

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he wandered a whole week long.

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For many a morning and afternoon

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by the light of the sun and the light of the moon

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till he heard a familiar song...

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# Just me and the old guitar

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# If I had a cat I'd be happier far

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# Just me and the old guitar

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# With my cat I'd be happier far. #

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"It's Tabby McTat! It's my old long-lost cat!"

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Old Fred was ecstatically glad.

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Then the two of them sang of this and that

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and the people threw coins in the new checked hat,

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but why did McTat feel sad?

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He was missing his wife and his comfortable life

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and the dozens of things to do

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like washing Prunella and pouncing on Pat

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and hiding the car keys under the mat

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and keeping the newspapers nice and flat

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and giving the pens an occasional bat

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but how could he tell the busker that?

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Then out from a shadow sprang Samuel Spratt,

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"Oh, please let me be the busker's cat,"

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he said with a deafening mew!

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Now Samuel Spratt IS the busker's cat

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with a miaow that is loud and strong.

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The two of them sing of this and that

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though Samuel sings just a little bit flat

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and the people throw coins in the old checked hat

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and this is their favourite song...

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# Me, you and the old guitar

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# How perfectly, perfectly happy we are

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# Meee-you and the old guitar

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# How purr-fectly happy we are! #

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And that story was called Tabby McTat.

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So, that's where Samuel is,

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he's off singing with Fred.

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I wonder where they're busking tonight.

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I'm going to tell the other cats about Samuel and Tabby's adventures

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and while I do, it's time for you to go to bed.

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I'll see you soon for another story.

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Night, night.

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Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd

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