Publisher's Synopsis
A childless old couple love their kitten so much, they decide to have him educated.They pay their vicar to teach Thomas his letters.But the vicar is a cruel man. He takes their money but he kills their kitten.Year after year he makes them work to pay Thomas' 'school-fees.'When he leaves for London, the vicar plays one last, cruel trick. He tells the old pair that their Thomas has run away to sea -- but that they will find him in London, at the Miching Mouse Inn. The vicar laughs to think of the old couple travelling to London to search for a man and an inn that don't exist.But when the old pair reach London, they have strange good luck...Based on an old folk-tale, this is a heart-warming tale by Susan Price, the award winning writer of 'The Wolf's Footprint' and 'The Ghost Drum.'(Originally published by A&C Black.)
