A sly cat hatches a plan to catch all the mice in his village in this iconographic tale, based on the award-winning retelling of an African folktale by Margaret Reed MacDonald. As the cat gathers the mice one by one into her "secret Cat Society," one clever mouse refuses to fall into the cat's trap. Mabela remembers her father's words of wisdom to pay attention to her surroundings as she moves fast, traps the cat and rescues her fellow mice. Narrated by the author, the story is adaptation of a traditional tale of the Limba people of Sierra Leone. Includes guide.