Solomon’s Holiday

Katie, The Ordinary Witch

Storynory

Spoken, Word, Audio, Kids, Stories, Kids & Family, Arts, Literature, Children

4.5 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2014

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Solomon the cat steps forward to take the lead role in this episode of our Katie series. It's meant to be a secret that he can talk, and so when he goes to stay with Isis's family he is under strict instructions to say no more than meow.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Natasha, and I'm here with the latest story about one of the most popular characters on Story Noree, Katie the Witch.
0:10.2	Actually, this story is rather more about her cat than it is about Katie.
0:14.9	His name is Solomon.
0:17.7	And if you have heard anything about him at all, you will know that the personality of this particular cat is, well, rather catty.
0:29.6	Katie and her mum didn't often go on holiday because money was usually in short supply.
0:37.9	One time they went to Morocco and ended up being chased on a flying carpet.
0:44.3	You might have heard that story.
0:46.5	This year they were planning to stay at home until Mum's friend, Shoemash, invited them to come to Greece with him.
0:54.0	His auntie owned a beautiful whitewashed
0:56.6	villa on one of the group of Greek islands known as the Siclides. He promised a beach with black
1:04.9	volcanic sand, brightly painted fishing boats and a tavernor where they could eat sardines, calamari, and Greek salad with fresh tomatoes, feta cheese and virgin olive oil.
1:19.5	Katie and her mum were so excited. How could they refuse?
1:24.1	Oh, said Katie, but what about Solomon? Can he come?'
1:28.2	"'It's hard to take pets abroad,' said Mum.
1:32.5	"'There are so many laws about travelling with animals.'
1:36.3	"'Besides,' said Sumash,
1:37.9	"'there are loads of stray cats on the island,
1:40.7	"'and you would probably just get into fights.'
1:43.3	"'I know he could stay with Isis and her mum.
1:47.0	They aren't going away until after we get back. Solomon thought this was a wonderful idea because
1:53.6	he had heard that ISIS lived in a large and lovely house. But naturally he pretended he did not
2:00.4	care where he stayed or who with. On the evening that
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