The Cat on the Mat is Flat (3 page)

Ed saw red

and then

he said:

‘I'm fed up

with Fred

always biting

my head!

I'm leaving this shed.'

And he went

  to his car

    (which
      was
        red).

He

jumped in

and away he sped.

Ted said:

‘Ed! Come back to the shed!'

But Ed just shook his head

and fled.

So Ted jumped in his car

(which was also red).

But it wouldn't start.

The battery was dead.

Ted stamped his feet

and his face went red.

‘Bother! Bother! Bother!' he said.

‘I'll have to take the sled instead.'

Ted hitched up Fred

to the front of the sled

(which, by the way,

was also red)

and away

from the shed

sped Fred and Ted.

Ted and

Fred

sped

after Ed.

Ted saw

Ed's

red car

up ahead.

‘Faster,

‘Faster,

Fred!'

said Ted.

Ted and Fred

were gaining on Ed,

but all of a sudden,

Ed stopped dead.

There was

a road block

and a sign that read,

‘STOP! DO NOT DRIVE!

BIG CLIFF AHEAD!'

Ted said, ‘Fred!

Stop the sled!'

But Fred

could not.

On they sped!

Ted and Fred

smashed into Ed.

Over

the

cliff

Ed

plumm-et-ed!

Closely

followed

by

Ted

and

Fred.

They

hit the water

and

sank like lead.

Poor Ed

and Ted

and Ted's dog

Fred!

They were

drowning

and

almost dead ...

when they were swallowed

by a whale

called

Ned.