Donkey Work

Praise for Cats in the Belfry

'The most enchanting cat book ever'

JILLY COOPER

'If you read Cats in the Belfry the first time round, be prepared to be enchanted all over again. If you haven't, then expect to laugh out loud, shed a few tears and be totally captivated by Doreen's stories of her playful and often naughty Siamese cats'

YOUR CAT MAGAZINE

A funny and poignant reflection of life with a Siamese, that is full of cheer'

THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE

Praise for Cats in May

'If you loved Doreen Tovey's Cats in the Belfry you won't want to miss the sequel, Cats in May... This witty and stylish tale will have animal lovers giggling to the very last page'

YOUR CAT MAGAZINE

Praise for The New Boy

'Delightful stories of Tovey's irrepressible Siamese cats'

PUBLISHING NEWS

DONKEY WORK

This edition published in 2009 by Summersdale Publishers Ltd.

First published by Elek Books Ltd in 1962

Copyright © Doreen Tovey 1962

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced by any means, nor transmitted, nor translated into a machine language, without the written permission of the publishers.

The right of Doreen Tovey to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Condition of Sale

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher.

Summersdale Publishers Ltd

46 West Street

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 1RP

UK

www.summersdale.com

eISBN: 978-0-85765-873-9

Also by Doreen Tovey:

Cats in the Belfry

Cats in May

The New Boy

Double Trouble

Life with Grandma

Raining Cats and Donkeys

Making the Horse Laugh

The Coming of Saska

A Comfort of Cats

Roses Round the Door

Waiting in the Wings

Contents

1 Nettled

2 Sleuthing on the Sands

3 She Doesn't Care for Carrots

4 Annabel and Friends

5 Miss Wellington is Worried

6 The Donkey Owners

7 As Sure as a Siamese Cat

8 The Trouble with Tortoises

9 The Sad Tale of Micawber

10 Time to Take the Pledge

11 Two's Company

12 The Elopement

13 Working up for Winter

14 A Quiet Country Christmas

15 To Be or Not to Be

Postscript