Cat Stories

Here’s a great collection of cat stories! A cat is a many-faceted creature. Some are mysterious, some are comical, some are condescending, and some are just plain skittish. This wide range of characteristics is reflected in the cat stories in this reading set.

Don’t Drink from That Pond!

Daisy the cat strolled into the living room and went to the bottom shelf of the end table. Mrs. Wiggles kept her knitting basket there. The cat poked the top of the basket with her paws until it opened. “Daisy,” yelled Bruce. “You know you’re not allowed to touch that.”…

A Retelling of Belling the Cat

Long ago, a group of mice lived on a farm. The mice were happy because the farm cat was old. Lulu was a lazy cat. She liked to sleep all day. Lulu was not interested in chasing the mice, so they ate all the farmer’s grain. One day, the farmer…

Spooky the Scaredy Cat

Spooky was a black cat. But Spooky did not like Halloween. She did not like ghosts, and she did not like witches. She did not like scary things at all. Poor Spooky was a scaredy cat. One night, she was out for her usual evening stroll. As she walked by…

Milo on the Town

Milo was a friendly cat. He liked to go exploring in the town where he lived. Along the way, people would smile and say, “There goes Milo!” Sometimes they would stop and scratch him under the chin.   Milo liked to visit the school. He would stand by the doors,…

Samantha and Tricky

There was a swooshing sound as a blinding light shot down from the sky. Samantha grabbed Tricky and dashed under the picnic table. “It’s okay,” said Samantha as she tightened her arms around her trembling cat. Samantha poked her head out. “It looks safe. Come on, Tricky. I don’t know…

Andrew’s New Kitten

Andrew loved cats. He liked their soft fur and pointy ears. He liked the way they walked so softly that you could barely hear them. He even liked when they licked his hand with their rough tongues. Andrew was very excited to have a kitten of his own. The kitten was…

Martel the Mouse

Martel saw a little hole that led into a house. He squeezed through it and entered into a kitchen. There were lots of crumbs in the corners on the floor.  The house was old, but clean. Hearing shuffling from the other room, he peeked out the doorway. An old woman…

Curious Cats

Three cats sat in the window and looked outside. They watched as the old mailman walked up to the house. He pushed his letters through the mail slot in the front door. A shower of envelopes fell to the floor. What was this? The cats thought this was very exciting!…

Best Friends

Every night after the sun went down, Fletch began patrolling the house. Fletch was a brown cat with black stripes just like a tiger. He walked from room to room until all the humans in the house went to bed. When everything was quiet, Fletch tiptoed over to a small hole in…