Katie and the Stray Dog, a Katie the Witch Story dedicated to Cassius Fox.

Hello, this is Natasha, and I'm here with a later story about Katie,

a girl who lives a pretty ordinary life apart from one thing. She's a witch. She goes to school like everyone else, but she can do

magic spells. And as you will hear in this story, so can her cat, whose name is Solomon.

In a while, I'll tell you a little bit about our latest Patreon supporter,

Cassius Fox, from Wellington in New Zealand. But first, here's the story that we've dedicated to him.

When Katie was just a wee small witch, the family had a dog,

but he lives with her dad now and is getting rather old.

She has a cat called Solomon,

but Katie always thought, and I think she's right here, don't you?

That cats aren't quite the same as dogs. Not in the devotion department anyway.

But a dog, if you love a dog, the dog will love you back to his or her dying breath. That dog will do

anything for you. Well, he might not come back right away when you call him in the park.

If he's chasing a squirrel, he is a dog after all.

But he will adore you and protect you and look up to you as a kind of god.

In other words, when it comes to pets, only a dog is the real deal.

So, as soon as Katie was old enough to take a dog for a walk on her own, she wanted one.

She bought a book that explained about all the different breed, their habits, their temperaments,

and their diets.

And she spent hours and hours turning the pages and trying to decide which sort of dog

she wanted most.

And every time she decided on one breed, she soon found another that was even cuter and more lovable.

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