Every day Christine's walk to school takes her past a talking alley cat. And every day the cat's insights invariably give her something to ponder. One day her teacher asks the eight-year-old why she is always late for school. Frightened, she reveals the secret of the talking cat. Her punishment: she must write two hundred times, "There are no talking cats, and from now on I will arrive at school on time." But the cat is real,...