Carluccio's Cat
By Lily Mari Williamson, age 5 ½
Once upon a time there was a cat and the cat wore a hat, a tall chef's hat, that's because the cat was a chef, and everybody called him the Pussy Cat Chef.
But he was a silly cat, he always cooked things the wrong way, and he was the only animal ever to work for Carluccio in the kitchen.
I like to watch Carluccio on the computer when he makes food at his kitchen table. He is from Italy where my Gran went for her holiday with my Cousin Eleanor but you can't really understand what he's saying. He drinks a lot of red wine and laughs a lot.
Carluccio sometimes gets annoyed with the Pussy Cat Chef and says "Mama Mia! You are a da crazy crazy cat!"
I went to Carluccio's with my Mummy and Daddy, my Gran and my Cousin Eleanor for a special treat and Carluccio said "What do you a want to eat?" and he wrote it down on a piece of paper.
"I'll get the Pussy Cat Chef to make your meals" said Carluccio. Eleanor and I played with the coloured pencils and my Gran went to the toilet and then Carluccio came with our meals.
"Yuk" said Mummy "I didn't ask for this. I asked for a tomato bruschetta." It was a sweeping brush with a tomato stuck on the top.
"Oh that crazy Pussy Cat Chef." Said Carluccio.
"This looks horrible." Said Gran – I asked for pasta and cheese – you've given me pasta and ….. fleas."
"I'm a so sorry." Said Carluccio "That Pussy Cat Chef is crazy, crazy, crazy."
Then he gave Daddy a sandwich with a big black hairy moustache inside it. "What is this?" Said Daddy.
"I don’t a know." Said Carluccio. "It's a no even on da menu – oh Mama Mia!"
"Just look at my penne pasta" said my Cousin Eleanor. It was bowl with a hundred pens in it.
"Oh Mama Mia" Said Carluccio "That crazy Pussy Cat Chef."
Then it was my turn and I asked for ice cream and do you know what I got?
Just guess.
Can you guess?
I got mouse cream! A tall glass of different ice cream flavours but full of mice with long tails!
Next time you go to Carluccio's ask them if that crazy cat is working there!
