Crazy Kitty with the Shiny Shoes and the Cow that Jumped Over the Moon

"Once upon a time, there lived a cat who wanted to see the world. So, she packed up her lute-"

"What's a lute?"

"It's a kind of guitar. She packed up her lute and set off into the wide world. After travelling for a long time, she came upon an inn that needed a musician. The innkeeper agreed to pay her if she played music for an evening."

"Mommy, you're not telling it right."

"I'm just reading the words."

"The kitty's supposed to be wearing those shiny red shoes."

"I think that's Dorothy you're thinking of."

"No. The kitty has those sparkly red shoes so she can fly."

"Why does she need to fly?"

"So the witch doesn't catch her!"

"All right. The cat in the shiny red shoes played her music all night to the other animals in the inn. After the inn closed, she feel asleep in the barn."

"She didn't get a bed?"

"They were out of beds."

"She has to have a bed."

"The cat fell asleep in her bed in the barn. While she was asleep, a shadowy figure crept in and stole her lute."

"I'll bet she was mad."

"She was. She woke up right away, and realized that she had been robbed. The cat ran out of the barn and started to follow the thief."

"How did she know which way he went?"

"She's a cat. She could smell him. Burglars don't take baths."

"I wanna be a burglar when I grow up!"

"Now, the burglar knew that the cat was following him, so he hid behind a tree, where his friend, the evil wizard, was waiting for him."

"It's not a wizard. It's a witch!"

"It says wizard here."

"Witch!"

"The witch waited until the cat was very close, then jumped out from behind the tree and started to cast a spell!"

"And the kitty jumps into the air!"

"Where did she jump to?"

"She's a kitty, silly! She jumps up to the moon because she likes it up there."

"I think you're the one being silly."

"That's why she has the shiny red shoes, to get away from the witch. I told you that already."

"Okay, so the cat is on the moon. Then what?"

"So, okay, so the kitty waits on the moon for the witch to go away, and, so, the witch leaves because she got bored. But the burglar doesn't go away because he fell asleep because he was up all night and didn't take a nap and he was tired."

"The moon is very far away, you know. How can the cat see that the witch left?"

"Kittys can see in the dark. Their eyes glow and that lets them see, even at night."

"Okay..."

"So the kitty waits until the burglar is asleep, and she gets out her cellphone and calls the cow that lives in the moon. And the cow comes jumping over to her and says, "Hi, kitty. How are you?" And the kitty says, "Fine, but that burglar down there has my guitar. Can you help me get it back?" And the cow says yes, so the kitty gets on the cow and the cow jumps down to the ground."

"That's pretty nice of the cow."

"He's a nice cow. So the burglar wakes up and sees the cow coming at him, and he gets really scared because he's never seen a moon cow before. So the burglar drops the guitar and runs away!"

"Yay!"

"Yay! So the kitty gets her guitar back and plays a nice song for the cow, and they become really good friends."

"Okay, time for bed."

"You didn't finish the story, Mommy."

"And the cat lived happily ever after."

"On the moon."

"On the moon. Goodnight."

"Night."