Ok, sorry about this, I know my nickname for Tugger is really sad, but I was very young when I wrote this, so it's slightly juvenile. Oh, well, the world ain't perfect...

Hey, Tumblepatch here to tell the next tale of my life!

One day me & my pals were on the trail of…

…a cat-napper! And not just any cat-napper, but a certain villain who targeted the female kittens & young queens of the tribe, oh & one very young male kitten. It all started at 9am last Tuesday. We were just waking up after a night in The Alley when a cat came running into The Alley. It was Mrs Tabby, a friend of the Alley & she looked extremely upset. Munkustrap rushed over to her, followed by Old Deuteronomy & Alonzo. The rest of us hung back to listen. Munkustrap said, comfortingly, "What's the matter Tabby? What's happened?"

And Mrs Tabby replied, tearfully, "Oh, Munkustrap, my kittens are missing!"

At this there was an outburst of cries, which were quickly silenced by a look from Old Deuteronomy, who then nodded at Mrs Tabby to go on. She took a couple of deep, tearful breaths, then said "The last time I saw them, they were fast asleep in the small bedroom. But, when I went in this morning, they were gone!"

A gasp went through the crowd, but then someone voiced his opinion, by saying "I'll bet I can guess who's behind this!"

It was Rum Tum Tugger, my good friend & house-mate, & he was immediately backed up by his best friend, Mistoffelees, who said "Yeah, Macavity!"

I shuddered. I'd only seen Macavity 2 times in the past, & only 1 of those times had been an actual encounter, but he still gave me the creeps. Anyway, to this comment there was a murmur of agreement from the rest of the Jellicles. Munkustrap nodded gravely, then turned to Mrs Tabby & asked "Was there anything different that you noticed about the bedroom, when you went in this morning, anything, unusual?"

Tabby nodded. "Yes," she sniffed ",the window was shut last night, but this morning it open. And it couldn't have been one of the people, because it was banging against the main frame & besides, the people are away. Another person comes to feed us but she doesn't stay long, so…", Tabby stopped, unable to go on. Old D put his arm round her & Munkustrap turned to the rest of us to say something, but stopped as Pouncival & Plato, 2 toms, came stumbling out of the shadows. It was obvious they were in a rush to see Munkustrap, for as soon as they spotted him they rushed up to him. Pouncival was completely out of breath, but Plato had enough left to splutter "Munkustrap, we've got a crisis! Victoria & Jemima have gone missing!"

At this, everyone exploded into bursts of shocked outcries, & Pouncival, having now recovered his breath, continued for Plato. "Yeah, & that's not all. So have Electra & Cassandra-gone missing that is. And none of them have been seen since yesterday morning! What's going on?" he asked, suddenly noting the distraught Mrs Tabby & the horrified look on everyone's faces. Quickly Munkustrap explained about Tabby's kittens & the little suggestion from Rum & Mistoffelees, & was again about to speak when there was yet another interruption. Bombalurina came sprinting into the alley, skidded to halt just in front of Munkustrap & cried "Oh, Munkustrap, it's Demeter! Macavity's got her!" This time the only gasp came from Munkustrap. The rest of us were silent. Demeter was Munkustrap's mate, as we all knew very well. It took him a moment to recover, before he said "How do you know Macavity's got her?"

"Because," began Bombalurina ",I-I saw him take her!" There was a gasp. Munkustrap took a very deep breath, then asked Bombalurina to tell him exactly what she saw. She also took a deep breath, & at that point I really felt for them both, as I knew they were the closest ones in the tribe to Demeter. Anyway, Bombalurina told how she & Demeter had been sleeping in their garden, when she'd heard Demeter cry out & woken up, to see Macavity disappearing over the fence with Demeter in his clutches. She'd tried to follow but he'd lobbed a smoke-bomb at her & when the smoke had cleared Macavity had disappeared, along with Demeter, so Bomba had had to come here for help. At this point Rum decided to take charge. He jumped up on to a junk pile & called out for attention, then when everyone's eyes were fixed on him(which was almost instantly)he said "Right, listen everybody, we've got to get them back. We need to go to Macavity's lair! We…"

"Oh, yes, we just walk right into Macavity's lair, just like that, eh?" Plato interrupted. Rum glared at him, but Munkustrap intervened before a fight could break out by saying "No, Plato, Rum's right. We have got to rescue them, & the only way to do that is to go down to Dark Street Alley. But we need to think about what approach we're gonna make: whether we're gonna try & negotiate the release of the others, or whether we're gonna have to sneak in, find them & rescue them." Everyone agreed to this, so Munkustrap started to select who would accompany him to Macavity's den: Rum Tum Tugger, Mistoffelees, Alonzo, Plato & Spike. I crept up to Munkustrap & asked "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Munkustrap glanced once round The Alley, before nodding. "Yeah, you can go & find Mungojerrie. If anyone knows Dark Street Alley he does!"

I nodded & said "Where's he likely to be?"

"Umm, you could try asking Rumpelteazer…"

He nodded over to where Mungojerrie's sister had just entered the alley. I nodded, then went over to where Rumpelteazer was sniffing the air nervously. She looked at me with a puzzled look on her face. Quickly I explained what the situation was, then asked her where I could find Mungojerrie.

"'E'll be at the 'ouse. E'll 'elp ya!"

I thanked her, then scampered off to find her brother. I knew where they lived-it was very close to where me & Rum lived, & we were often hearing cries of 'THAT HORRIBLE CAT!'.