The Boy Who Drew Cats

Super Great Kids' Stories

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A young boy is sent by his parents to become a priest, but really, all he wants to do is draw cats. He loves drawing cats, and dreams of becoming an artist. What he doesn’t know, is that this love of drawing cats will actually save his life. Listen to storyteller Tim Ralphs and find out how! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.
0:18.0	Wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and
0:24.1	sometimes cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. Hello super great kids.
0:35.4	This is the second of two stories this week. It's our birthday bonus called The Boy Who Drew Cats. It's from Japan and it's told by Tim Ralf's. We're sharing this story as a little thank you for being loyal listeners as we celebrate our fifth birthday.
0:57.0	David, shall we sing Happy Birthday to the podcast?
1:00.6	Let's do it.
1:01.6	Let's give it a go.
1:03.6	Happy birthday to you.
1:07.0	Happy birthday to you.
1:10.7	Happy birthday, super great kids.
1:15.8	Happy birthday to you.
1:21.6	Well, I feel better now after that.
1:24.8	We started recording the podcast when a lot of children in Britain
1:28.8	weren't going to school because of the COVID virus and we thought it might be helpful
1:35.2	to children and families if we shared some of the stories that we love. But we only
1:41.2	expected to post the six stories which I already had pre-recorded in my little audio treasure box.
1:48.4	We didn't know that you were all out there hungry for traditional tales and wanting more.
1:55.3	So you kept encouraging us and we kept going.
1:58.7	And meeting more and more marvell marvelous story listeners and storytellers.
2:04.4	Then you spread the word and this family of story fans has grown and grown,
2:11.3	a bit like a beanstalk or a magic orange tree.
2:15.7	So we found it very heartening
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