Loa@eoGLocd GuTeplb LOTWL Leaner 7 \ Spifiuit: odie gre FSagw : GFA agrOriginal Story in English ‘The Cat in the Ghat’ by Ambika Rao Illustrated by Ruchi Shah ‘Malaimel vaazhum maaya poonai’ — Tamil Translated by K. R. Lenin © Pratham Books, 2014 Photographs by Sandesh Kadur © Sandesh Kadur, 2014 First Tamil Edition: 2014 ISBN: 978-93-5022-226-3 ‘Typesetting and layout by: Pratham Books, Bengaluru Printed by: Rave India, New Delhi Published by: Pratham Books www.prathambooks.org Registered office: PRATHAM BOOKS, # 621, 2nd Floor, Sth Main, OMBR Layout Banaswadi, Bengaluru 560 043 T:+91 80 42052574 / 41159009 Regional Office: New Delhi T:+91 11 41042483 (omom Some rights reserved.The story text and the illustrations are CC-BY 4.0 licensed which means you can download this book, remix illustrations and ‘even make a new story - all for free! To know more about this and the full terms of use and attribution visit http://prathambooks.orgicc. 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