Tibs the cat gets very bored waiting around for humans to let him in the house, do the shopping and feed him, and when he decides that the best plan of action is to learn to do things for himself everyone thinks he is a very clever cat indeed. But when his family start giving him more and more responsibility by letting him do the shopping and the housework and getting him his own front door key so that he can come and go as he pleases, he soon realises that a cat’s life isn’t such a bad one after all.
Reality is turned upsidedown in a wonderfully unexpected story that is also a witty and perceptive comment on the way we live.