

Today, I hugged most of the cats in town!
My name is Jilly.

I hugged the neighbor’s cat, Ben.
Ben said, “Meow?”
MEOW?

I hugged the old cat who lives
under the park bench.
He squiggled and he wriggled.

I hugged Mrs Lilly’s
tubby, ginger cat.

He licked my face.
“Slurp, slurp, slurp.”
SLURP!

I hugged the cat who eats outside
the fish and chips shop.
He went,
OM,
NOM,
NOM.

I even hugged
the grumpy cat
who doesn’t like hugs!
He yowled and yowled!
YOWL!

I hugged a long cat.
I hugged an old cat.

I hugged a short cat.
I hugged a young cat.

I hugged a Mommy cat,

and every kitten she had.

I tried to hug the
big cats at the zoo,

but the zookeeper said, NO!

I climbed on the bus and hugged the cat that was hiding in an old lady’s bag.
The old lady shrieked!
SHRIEK!

I went home and got into bed.
YAWN!

Some furry things
snuck in...
and hugged me.

Nicki Hill_ Hugs in the city
Hugs in the City
Illustrator: JP Brouard
Author: Milly Brouard
Designer: Kalynne Vorster
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Website: https://bookdash.org/
Reader: Nicki Hill- Direct Axis