The Rainbow Cat

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS

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A collection of children's poems and short stories follows a brightly colored fairy cat and other enchanted characters through whimsical episodes in Fairyland and beyond. Tales mix light adventures—rescuing a cloud-palace wedding from a thunder giant, voyages among cloud people, encounters with wizards, princes, princesses, and talking animals—with standalone verses about moons, clocks, magic pencils, umbrellas, and lambs visiting fairyland. Language is playful and imaginative, blending gentle humor with small moral turns and fanciful worldbuilding, arranged as alternating verse and narrative episodes that showcase inventive imagery, simple problem-solving, and a warm, mischievous tone suited to young readers.

ILLUSTRATIONS

TO HIS GREAT ASTONISHMENT, HE SAW NO GIANTESS, BUT A VERY NASTY-LOOKING OLD WIZARD WITH A LONG GREY BEARD AND AN ENORMOUSLY TALL HAT, WHO SAT IN A LARGE ROOM IN FRONT OF A GREAT OPEN FIRE	Frontispiece
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HE RODE AWAY ON HIS WHITE HORSE AND TURNED TO WAVE HIS HAND TO HIS MOTHER AND FATHER BEFORE HE WENT OVER THE HILL-TOP	32
SHE PULLED A TINY DANDELION-CLOCK FROM HER POCKET AND BEGAN TO BLOW AND TO COUNT	58
“IF YOU WILL MARRY ME,” HE SAID, “I WILL SPEND MY DAYS MAKING VERSES ABOUT YOU”	84

THE RAINBOW CAT