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Based on the screenplay Cat and Mouse written by George Daugherty.

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Story

by Gretchen Schields.

1994

Amy Tan.

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Sagwa was playing hide-and-seek with her good

friend

Shei-Hu the

mouse. Dongwa, Sheegwa, and Shei-Hu's mouse friends were playing,

too.

They raced up and down the

halls of the palace.

Sagwa spotted Shei-Hu hiding behind

"Ha-ha! You're

"Come

ft!"

Sagwa

giggled. "You're

out, everybody!" called

"All right, already."

a vase. She crept

it!

You're

Sagwa. "Shei-Hu

up and surprised him.

it!"

is ft!"

Shei-Hu sighed. "You don't have

/#

to rub

it

in.

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I'm

'it.' I

got

ft."

Everyone came out of

their hiding places.

"Let's play again!" said

Sagwa. "Ready,

set

But before she could say "go," they heard

steps

coming down the

hall. It

was

foot-

the Foolish

Magistrate and his wife heading their way!

'Everybody hide!"

Dongwa

"We're not supposed to play

called.

in here!"

&

The Foolish Magistrate and

Tai-Tai

scrunched up her face and sniffed the

"I
little

do believe

smell

kittens, too."

little

walked

into

the room.

Tai-Tai

air.

mice," she said. She sniffed the air again.

"And

Tai-Tai peered

Mice! Cats! In
Tai-Tai's

behind a nearby vase and shrieked loudly.

my beautiful

"I

knew

it!

palace! Get out!"

scream was so piercing that ALL the mice and cats were

out of their hiding places. They dashed around the room.

startled

The Foolish Magistrate jumped up on a chair and

"Do something!" Tai-Tai yelled at her husband.

started shrieking, too.

"Shoo! Shoo!" the Foolish Magistrate yelled from up on his

chair.
The cats and mice scattered. Sagwa and Sheegwa didn't stop running
they reached the alley behind the palace.

until

The Alley Cat was

Sagwa
"So,

there with two friends.

They were the "cool

cats."

tried to look cool, too.

what have you two been up

While Sagwa was

to?" the Alley Cat asked.

trying to think of

something cool

to say,

Sheegwa

piped up. "We've been playing hide-and-seek!" she said, giggling.

The Alley Cat laughed. "Hide-and-seek!

sarcastically.

His friends laughed, too.

Was that fun,

Sagwa?" he asked

Sheegwa blurted

out, "Yes,

it

was

fun.

We

were playing with our

friends the mice!"

"Mice!" The Alley Cat laughed again.

"What kind

of cats are friends

with mice? Cats and mice are not supposed to be friends.

A mouse

lover? Hey! This cat's a

mouse

What

lover!"

are

"Leave

my

sister alone!" said

Sagwa.

"Sure, whatever," said the Alley Cat. "But Sagwa, mice are not our
friends.

Cool cats do not play with mice. Cats are smarter than mice.

Cats are better than mice."

The Alley Cat pointed a paw

cat like us, you'll

have

the three alley cats

Sagwa.

to get rid of

left.

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"If

you ever want

your mice friends."

to

be a cool

And

with that

"They don't know what they're missing," Sheegwa said with a shrug of her
shoulders. "Let's go find Shei-Hu and play some more."
"I

don't feel like playing anymore,"

"OK. But you're going

the palace.

to

miss

all

Sagwa

replied.

the fun."

Sheegwa scampered back

to

Sagwa thought about what

Shei-Hu

the Alley Cat

he had been her friend

she did want to be a cool

for

had

said.

She

really liked

a long time. But, on the other paw,

cat.

Sagwa was thinking so hard

had walked up.

that she didn't notice at

first

that

Shei-Hu

"Hey, Sagwa," said the

little

mouse, "the palace

is

empty now, so

let's

go play

some more hide-and-seek!"

"No

thanks," said Sagwa.

"I

don't feel like

it."

Shei-Hu was surprised. "What's wrong, Sagwa?" he asked.

Without thinking about

it,

Sagwa blurted

cats don't play with mice!"

And

out, "I'm a cool cat.

And cool

with that, she darted away.

But Sagwa didn't

to the

feel like

a cool cat. She

pond, where she found her best

"Ai-ya

felt like

friend,

mean

Fu-Fu the

cat.

She ran down

bat.

why the long face?" Fu-Fu asked.

"Those cool alley cats told

me

that a cool cat

would never be

friends with

mice. They said cats are better than mice."

The

alley cats didn't

sound very cool

to Fu-Fu, but

he

let

Sagwa

finish.

me

"The Alley Cat told

different

than

"Well,
"I

am.

that

shouldn't be friends with anyone

Is that true?"

know what

to think,"

is

Sagwa asked Fu-Fu.

what do you think?" Fu-Fu

don't

who

replied.

answered Sagwa.

"Did those cats mention bats, too?" asked Fu-Fu. "Because cats and
bats are also different."

Sagwa
"If

you

didn't understand.
listen to that Alley Cat,

said Fu-Fu

then you can't be friends with me,

either,"

"But you're
"Exactly.

"And
"I

my

best friend!" said Sagwa.

And Shei-Hu

yet, we're

is

your good

friend, too,"

both different from you."

hadn't thought about

it

like that," said

Sagwa.

continued Fu-Fu.

"The alley cats are wrong," Fu-Fu explained. "You can be friends with

whomever you want, Sagwa.

It's

up

to you, not the alley cats.

"You can even be friends with the

you're always

my

frogs,"

Fu-Fu continued, "as long as

friend, too!"

Sagwa and Fu-Fu did a

bat/cat high five

"Always," said Sagwa. "Friends forever!"

and laughed.

Sagwa waved as Fu-Fu

Shei-Hu. She
find him

owed him

sitting

by

looked sad and lonely.

a big apology.

his

And then she thought

And she knew just where

flew away.

mouse hole

in the

palace hallway.

of
to

He

"Hi, Shei-Hu," said Sagwa.

"I

sad

thought you didn't want to play with

little

anymore," said the

mouse.

"What
your

me

was wrong," said Sagwa. "I'm very

Shei-Hu. You are my friend."

said

feelings,

sorry that

hurt

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mouse smile began to appear on Shei-Hu s face.

"Friends?" Sagwa asked Shei-Hu hopefully, holding out her paw.
"Friends!" said Shei-Hu, placing his tiny mouse paw in her cat paw.
"And you know what else?" Sagwa said as she reached out and tapped him
tiny

on the shoulder.

"Tag! You're

it!

"Cool!" said Shei-Hu.

"Yes,

you

are," said

Sagwa.

Let's

play hide-and-seek!"

Sagwa

loves to play hide-and-seek with her

friend Shei-Hu, a mouse. But then the Alley Cat

tells

her that cool cats don't play with mice.

Sagwa wants
she'll

to

be a cool

cat,

but does that

have to give up her friends?

really

makes someone

mean

And what

cool anyway?

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