Children's Work
Diary of a Killer Cat
For part of their Literacy work the Year 4 children have been working on audience and viewpoints. They have been investigating the book “Diary of a Killer Cat” by Anne Fine. It is the diary of a family cat called Tuffy who caused a problem by bringing a mouse into the house. These excerpts give an idea of how Tuffy feels about it. Because of the subject matter and the humour the children think that the audience rating should be 7 – 11 year olds. Do you agree?
Matthew:
When she saw it Ellie became a drama queen and screamed. (I wouldn’t be surprised if the noise reached Mars). All I did was make her feel sick, now is that a crime? I don’t think so!! But what do I get? The same old words – “Naughty cat, bad Tuffy, what have you done?” People have no idea what life is like for a cat! Getting fleas, don’t remind me of all the flea powder and those jabs, Ow, they’re bad and please don’t mention fur balls. “Choke, choke!”
Charlotte:
When Ellie saw the mouse she exploded like a volcano. The garden is invaded with mice and rats. What am I supposed to do, have a dinner party with them with a cup of tea and a slice of cake? Now I know what would be nice – mice soup.
Niall:
I brought a mouse into their precious home. I mean, they’re not the Royal family. I’m a cat. What do you expect me to hunt? Snails? It wasn’t even alive in the first place. O.K. maybe it was a rat and still lingering. I mean my owners shouldn’t shut me out. Any cat can hunt rats can’t they? It helps humans from getting sick. Anyway, somebody’s stealing my food, gotta go ….
Emily:
They think nothing about me, all they think about is their house, garden and all the things they own. Ellie said, “Tuffy, how could you do this? I am astonished with you. Please, please don’t do that again.” So, I blinked and wagged my tail at her. I tried to do puppy dog eyes but I couldn’t because I am not a puppy dog. People have no idea what it is like for a cat!
Rhiannon:
All I did was drag it into the house and throw it into the washing machine with Mum’s white wash. The white wash was then a red wash with fur. Anyway it ran into my mouth, I was yawning, so that is why it is dead.
Harry:
I mean I hardly even knew it was crawling into my mouth. I realised it when I felt a tickle inside my mouth. Ellie screamed, “Who did this?” She almost made the aliens hear it, she woke up everybody in the nation. I whooshed off because she knew it was me.
Laura:
When Ellie saw the mouse she screamed her head off. You would have thought that it was her head that I had in my mouth. Tears poured down her cheeks like a river.