title: Gobbolino: The Witch's Cat (Macmillan Classics)
author: Ursula Moray Williams
description: <b>Ursula Moray Williams</b> is best known for her children's story<i>Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse</i>, whichwas named as one of <i>Time</i> magazine's Books of the Year. She is also the author of <i>Bogwoppit</i>, <i>The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse</i>, and <i>Spid</i>. <b>Catherine Rayner</b>was selected as one of the 10 Best New Illustrators for Booktrust's Big Picture Campaign, andwon the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009 for <i>Harris Finds His Feet</i>. <b>Joan Aiken</b> is a children's author best known for <i>The Wolves of Willoughby Chase</i>. She is the recipient of the <i>Guardian </i>Children's Fiction Prize, a runner-up for the Carnegie Medal, and won an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1972 for <i>Night Fall</i>. She is the author of <i>Arabel's Raven</i>, <i>Black Hearts in Battersea</i>, and<i>Midnight is a Place</i>.
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  #### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](03_foreword.html#foreword)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1 Gobbolino in Disgrace](04_c1.html#c1)
  
  
  
  
  
  [2 Gobbolino is Left Alone](05_c2.html#c2)
  
  
  
  
  
  [3 Gobbolino Finds a Home](06_c3.html#c3)
  
  
  
  
  
  [4 Hobgoblin](07_c4.html#c4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [5 The Orphanage](08_c5.html#c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  [6 Gruel](09_c6.html#c6)
  
  
  
  
  
  [7 The Lord Mayor’s Coach](10_c7.html#c7)
  
  
  
  
  
  [8 The Lady Mayoress Doesn’t Like Cats](11_c8.html#c8)
  
  
  
  
  
  [9 Gobbolino on Show](12_c9.html#c9)
  
  
  
  
  
  [10 Gobbolino at Sea](13_c10.html#c10)
  
  
  
  
  
  [11 The Little Princess](14_c11.html#c11)
  
  
  
  
  
  [12 Punch and Judy](15_c12.html#c12)
  
  
  
  
  
  [13 Gobbolino in the Tower](16_c13.html#c13)
  
  
  
  
  
  [14 Gobbolino the Woodcutter](17_c14.html#c14)
  
  
  
  
  
  [15 Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat](18_c15.html#c15)
  
  
  
  
  
  [16 Gobbolino the Kitchen Cat](19_c16.html#c16)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](20_author.html#author)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Foreword
  
  
  
  
  
  When I was young, I had a lot of books abou