The Adventures of Sammy the Cat and Dribs the Dog

Kevin Carroll

Description

The Crowley family had two pets, a cat and a dog, named Sammy and Dribs. They had a happy life until one day Mr. Crowley lost his job and the family was in danger of losing their home. They were devastated.
Sammy and Dribs were determined to do something to help. They sought ideas from animal friends. Different suggestions led them to having amazing adventures, and making lots of new friends.
The story has an Irish flavor with fairy forts, boreens, crocks of gold and familiar Irish place names and Gaelic expressions.

Sujets

• 6-12 ans
• Toute la fiction jeunesse
• Jeunesse Animaux
• Action
• Adventure
• Pet
• Adventure (Guyana)
• Juvenilee Fiction
• Pets

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse UK
• Date de parution: 14 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781728376431
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The Adventures of Sammy the Cat and Dribs the Dog
 
 
 
KEVIN CAR ROLL
 
 
© 2022 Kevin Carroll. All rights reserved.
 
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Interior illustrations are by the author, Kevin Carroll.
 
 
 
ISBN: 978-1-7283-7642-4 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-7283-7643-1 (e)
 
 
 
Published by AuthorHouse 11/11/2022
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1 Sammy the Cat
Chapter 2 Dribs the dog
Chapter 3 Sammy and Dribs together
Chapter 4 Things Go Wrong
Chapter 5 Sparkle the Horse
Chapter 6 Sooty
Chapter 7 Kim the Golden Retriever
Chapter 8 Terence the Tortoise
Chapter 9 Sammy and Dribs Hold Important Talks
Chapter 10 Action at Last
Chapter 11 The Kerry Eagle
Chapter 12 The Eagle and the Gold Chestnut Tree
Chapter 13 An Unexpected Friend
Chapter 14 Sparkle gets involved
Chapter 15 The Great Lorego
Chapter 16 Another Busy Week for Sammy and Dribs
Chapter 17 Trip to Strawberry Beds
Chapter 18 Doggie Derby Day
Chapter 19 The Great Lorego Makes Plans
Chapter 20 The Doggie Derby Final
Chapter 21 The Final Week
Chapter 22 Visits and Plans
Chapter 23 Meeting with Paddy
Chapter 24 Sammy’s Visit to Sooty and Terence
Chapter 25 Dribs Visit to Kim
Chapter 26 Rainbows and Danger
Chapter 27 The Airport Show
Chapter 28 The people arrive
Chapter 29 A Magnificent Show
Chapter 30 Airport Emergency
Chapter 31 A happy ending
Chapter 32 The Weeks Following
 
 
 
This book is
dedicated to my late brother
John
who encouraged me to write
stories for children.
 
 
 
Before his death John edited
The text of the book
And encouraged his granddaughter Eva
To make these drawings of
The eagle and horse characters
In the story.
 
 
 
 

 
Prologue
This is a story is about a cat named Sammy and a dog called Dribs. They were the pets of the Crowley family who lived in a semi detached house in County Dublin.
There was the Mam, the Dad, their eldest son Francis, and three daughters, Maria, Elizabeth, Bridget, and of course the cat and the dog.
At that time in Ireland, things were not good. Lots of people had no work, and it was a struggle for them to feed their families and keep their homes. But it wasn’t all bad, and good things were happening too.
For the remainder of the story, you, the reader, will need to know about a wonderful secret that not everyone knows. It is about how some animals are able to understand and talk to one another. Even more wonderful, is the rare gift that some people have, in been able to understand and talk to animals and birds. You will meet a few of them.
There is something else to watch out for, about cats and dogs. Anyone who has, or had one, will know how much you come to love them. But, have you ever wondered about the kind of feelings they have for us? In reading this story you might find some of the answers.
Chapter 1
Sammy the Cat

Elizabeth was eleven years old. She loved animals and longed to have a pet cat of her own. Elizabeth was the kind who wanted to bring home and keep any cat or dog she thought was lost or abandoned. Her Mam and Dad were not as keen on animals as Elizabeth. She knew this and realised that the idea of ever having a pet of her own was, at best, only a dream.
Gerry, a friend of the family, lived in a beautiful little cottage called “Black Briar.” Gerry had an easy way about him. He was kind and generous to animals, and they liked him, too. There was a cat that liked to spend time in Gerry’s back garden. He grew to like the cat and began feeding and caring for him. Gerry realised the cat was what they call a stray, which meant he had no home. He took the cat into his bungalow and adopted him as his own. The fortunate stray had no name, so Gerry called him Sooty because of his jet black coat.
Gerry knew how much Elizabeth wanted a pet cat, and he persuaded her parents to change their minds. Gerry was delighted. So, one day and without telling anyone, he went off to find a kitten for Elizabeth. His search took him to the midlands.
There he went to the animal rescue centre. Gerry had great difficulty deciding which kitten to pick. He would gladly have chosen them all. After some time, he became more aware of one, a tiny black kitten. This one looked sad and stared up at him through eyes that seemed to cry out, “Please take me, I want to go to a good home, Rescue me, please!”
Gerry could not ignore the look in the kitten’s eyes, so he made up his mind there and then! Having satisfied the rescue centre that the kitten was going to a good home where he would be loved and cared for, he put the tiny creature in a small cardboard box and headed for Elizabeth’s home. Although terrified of what was to become of him the little kitten was also excited. Gerry swore the worried look in the kitten’s eyes had changed to a look of relief and thanks.
It was near bedtime when Gerry got back. Elizabeth and her brother and sisters were in their pyjamas ready for bed. The children, especially Elizabeth, were so surprised and delighted when Gerry called with the little kitten! The excitement reached fever pitch when he told them the kitten was to be their very own but was especially for Elizabeth. The others didn’t mind and were happy for Elizabeth. They knew that Elizabeth, more than any of them, wanted to have a pet.
The kitten was confused and frightened. Gerry took him out of the cardboard box and lowered him gently onto the floor. He was slow to move at first but then started to make his way around the floor. Next, he began running from one room to the next. It seemed he was nervously looking for somewhere to hide. After a while Gerry picked him up in his hands, held him close to his chest, and stroked his back to comfort him. He was not long doing this when suddenly the kitten weed down the front of Gerry’s jumper and trousers. The children howled with laughter. Gerry was less amused.
Before Gerry left that night, he asked if the children were ready to name their new pet. Lots of different names were mentioned. Elizabeth suggested the name Sammy for the frisky little addition to the household. Everyone agreed that Sammy was a name that suited him best, and so he was called Sammy. Gerry went home happy. He had done a good day’s work and made Elizabeth and her sisters and brother very happy.
The weeks to follow were spent watching Sammy get up to every kind of mischief. He climbed up the net curtains on the windows, tearing them in places. Seeing this, Mam was far from being happy. He explored every corner of the house. Next began his adventures outdoors. He went everywhere, all around the neighbourhood and into gardens and houses. He climbed everything that could be climbed, including garden walls and trees.
The Crowley family have many happy memories of Sammy as a kitten and the things he did. Here are a few examples:

At the end of their back garden was a small glass house with a sloping apex roof. At the highest point a narrow ledge ran along from one end to the other. One day, Sammy managed to climb right to the top and onto this perilous ledge. As he moved from end to end, Sammy soon realised he now had to figure out how to get back down again. To everyone’s amazement he decided to step onto the sloping glass panes that made up the roof. Then brave Sammy commenced a near perfect, though somewhat nervous, descent. He slid down the glass in a manner not unlike a downhill skier on the snow-covered Alps. Picking up speed as he went, he was unable to stop on reaching the edge and had to take his first big jump down onto the grass below.
Sammy’s adventurous spirit knew no bounds. Neighbours began to report on funny things he did which amused them. Like the day he entered a nearby house through the bathroom window. The lady of the house, on her way up the stairs met Sammy on his way down. Had it not been that the lady liked cats she would most certainly have got the most awful fright.
Another memory concerned a dainty little Pomeranian dog called Bobby that lived next door. Sammy discovered that whenever he climbed the garden wall and meowed down at Bobby on the lawn below, it would make Bobby very excited. Sammy found this amusing. Poor Bobby for all his tiny size would bark endlessly and jump up and down trying to get at Sammy. Sammy annoyed Bobby all the more by walking along the top of the wall meowing even louder. One day while this was going on, Sammy lost his balance and fell into the garden below almost on top of Bobby. What happened was not what you would expect. Bobby did not know what to do. He was terrified. So, he ran off up the garden to be as far away from Sammy as he could. Sammy on the other hand was dazed and a little ashamed.

He quickly climbed back up the wall and down the other side into his own garden. Because of incidents like these, the children began calling him Sammy Dodger.
In the garden beyond