Gobbolino the Witch's Cat

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He doesn't look the part of a witch's cat either, he is dark tabby rather than black, he has one white paw and blue eyes so he gets abandoned by the witch after she can't find another witch to take him on, and Gobbolino is alone in the world.

While his sister Sootica learns how to ride a broomstick and turn mice into toads, Gobbolino sets out to find a family to care for him and a home of his own. It never occurs to him to strike out on his own, rather than letting circumstances just carry him along. Although his mother Grimalkin and sister Sootica are both witch's cats, Gobbolino longs to be a kitchen cat instead, to be loved rather than feared. He wants to be a kitchen cat, and yet he goes through town after town without actively looking for a kitchen that wants a cat. He tries time and again to find a home, but the fact he was born as a witch's cat always follows him and spoils his chances.It's just the beginning of many exciting, magical and sometimes dangerous adventures for these two brave and kind-hearted friends. This makes it an ideal choice for a teacher who wanted to introduce a longer story to a young audience. But in the end, after much wandering about and meeting all sorts of characters along the way, he loses his ability to perform magic and is finally accepted as a proper kitchen cat, and he can happily give lots of affection to his new owners.

He tries to be a normal kitchen cat, first at a farm, then an orphanage, then the mayor's house, but his magic always gets him into trouble. Persoana care te iubește cu adevărat este cea care te acceptă așa cum ești, și nu ,,oricum ești", de parcă ți-ar face o favoare și ar fi un efort. Orice pisică fără casă se simte foarte părăsită, iar cum mergea el așa, lui Gobbolino i se făcu dor de focul viu din camera copiilor, de trăncănelile zgomotoase ale frățiorilor, de chicotitul bebelușului, de forfota din orfelinat, de culcușul din bucătăria fermei și chiar de peștera mohorâtă în care se născuse. Ursula Moray Williams was born on 19 April 1911 at Petersfield, Hampshire, ten minutes after her twin sister, Barbara. What made most of this story fun to read was the somewhere-inbetween-ness of Gobbolino, the kind-hearted witch's cat with blue eyes and one white paw.Finally accepting his magic, Gobbolino becomes the pedlar-woman's assistant, but his good heart and unwillingness to cause pain mean he fails at every task he is set. The witch puts a spell on him, removing his magical powers, and he finds his way back to the farm where he began his journey, his coat having faded to an unrecognisable tabby. The reader was taken on an emotional roller-coast of repeated anticipation, hope, then disappointment. He leaves and is adopted by a woodcutter, but the woodcutter's great-granddaughter sells him to a pedlar-woman for a dress. Rediscover the magical adventure of Gobbolino the kitten and his friend the Little Wooden Horse, brought to life with gorgeous inside and cover illustrations from Catherine Rayner.