A great story about the most unusual pet - a true friend and a flying encyclopedia. Not every boy will be as lucky as Harry Holdsworth: his American uncle left him as an inheritance his most valuable property - a gray African parrot answering to the name Madison. Mary Nutt was also lucky: when the girl was left alone, she was sheltered by the kind Miss Ponsonby, whom her neighbors nicknamed Cat Lady. The nickname was well-deserved: Miss Ponsonby’s house was home to a great many cats, and most importantly, these were not ordinary cats. Dick King-Smith, the author of these and many other stories, received a Guardian Award in 1984 for his book “Babe the Pig.” , which was made into a film of the same name in 1995. In 1992, King-Smith was recognized as the best children's writer of the year, and in 1995 he received an award for best children's book. Those small and large readers who have already fallen in love with the famous pig Babe will be happy to get acquainted with the writer’s new heroes.