Andy Griffiths is one of Australia's funniest and most successful authors. His books include the extremely popular
Just!
series, which has sold over two million copies worldwide, as well as the
New York Times
bestselling Bum trilogy. He lives in Melbourne with his wife, two daughters and one (non-flat) cat.

Tenderised at an early age by his four brothers, Terry Denton somehow survived childhood in inner suburban Melbourne. He escaped to the seaside where he started writing and illustrating children's books. He is best known for his illustrations in Andy Griffiths'
Just!
series and
The Bad Book,
and for his own
Gasp!
books and
Wombat and Fox
stories. He shares a house with his wife and three children and a lawn mower and an electric pencil sharpener and a pop-up toaster that only toasts toast on one side.

ALSO BY ANDY GRIFFITHS
AND ILLUSTRATED BY TERRY DENTON
Just Tricking!
Just Annoying!
Just Stupid!
Just Crazy!
Just Disgusting!
The Bad Book
ALSO BY ANDY GRIFFITHS
The Day My Bum Went Psycho
Zombie Bums From Uranus
Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict
ALSO BY ANDY GRIFFITHS
(with Jim Thomson and Sophie Blackmore)
Fast Food and No Play Make Jack a Fat Boy:
Creating a healthier lifestyle for you and your children

First published 2006 in Pan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
1 Market Street, Sydney

Text copyright Â© Backyard Stories Pty Ltd 2006

Illustrations copyright Â© Terry Denton 2006

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

National Library of Australia

Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Griffiths, Andy, 1961â.

The cat on the mat is flat.

For primary school children.

ISBN 978 0 330 42260 4.

ISBN 0 330 42260 X.

1. Humorous stories, Australian. 2. Children's stories, Australian.
I. Denton, Terry, 1950 â. II. Title.
A823.3

Internal design by Liz Seymour and Terry Denton

Typeset in 18/25 Janson Text

Printed in Australia by McPherson's Printing Group

The characters and events in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Papers used by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.

These electronic editions published in 2006 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
1 Market Street, Sydney 2000

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The Cat on the Mat is Flat

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

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THE CAT,
THE MAT,
THE RAT,
AND THE
BASEBALL BAT