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    Hyam - The cat who talked too much
    Hyam - The cat who talked too much
    Hyam - The cat who talked too much
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    Hyam - The cat who talked too much

    By Pamela Douglas

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    These are the tales of a cat – a very special cat in fact , he is a theatrical cat , a fastidious cat , a funny cat but most of all an adored cat.
    Most famous for talking himself out of a part at an audition for a West End production for he is an actor. Here he tells his own story in a series of delightfully readable poems a pleasure for all age groups. Follow his adventures as he takes us on his travels through the ins and outs of theatre life and his many escapades as a sophisticated actor, a country puss and a much loved family pet.
    Blessed with a sense of humor and an abounding love of people, with the Authors delightful reading ability, ""Hyam The Cat who Talked Too Much"", will capture your imagination and steal your heart.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM-Y Books
    Release dateFeb 1, 2017
    ISBN9781906658137
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    Pamela Douglas

    As well as her love of the theatre, Pamela Douglas has always enjoyed writing and drawing. Married to the late theatrical director Wallace Douglas, after her acting career she combined a busy family life with compiling several collections of poetry, a set of children's stories, writing freelance articles for magazines and studying interior design. Since returning to her beloved West Sussex, she has run her own interior furnishing business, had several of her paintings exhibited in London galleries and continues to write in the company of her present most beautiful cat called Treacle.

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      Hyam - The cat who talked too much - Pamela Douglas

      Curtain Up

      Have you ever thought? said I.

      Thought about what? said he.

      "What it is like to be a travelled

      Theatre cat like me."

      To be a cat like you? said he.

      That's what I mean said I.

      " To tell the truth, it might be fun,

      To hear about the things you've done,

      So tell me now," said he.

      And so I did,

      And this is it,

      The tale I told him then,

      Of all the things that I had seen,

      Of all the places where I'd been,

      Of all the years that I had spent,

      Along with my owner, wherever she went,

      And then I wondered, glancing through,

      Would you be interested too?

      My Debut

      In this little tale I'm about to unfold,

      I was, let me see, about ten weeks old.

      It happened one October night,

      I woke to find the room alight,

      But not a single soul in sight.

      Odd…

      I looked about and over there,

      Her dressing gown flung on a chair,

      Familiar perfume filled the

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