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Something that made A street was sealed off by police so that fire figh This is a comic strip about a cat Davis get you all laugh? rescue a cat stranded 40 feet up a tree. called Garfield. Just like all cats, his ideas Sample Slidfrom?e Fire crew manager Neil Parry said the cat had been he gets up to lots of mischief. tree for days he also said that every time fire fig Lots of people have pet cats and lots of cats like Could you make a the cat, it moved away. climbing trees. story board about it? He added: “It was a timid little thing and we just near it at first. It was in a bit of a sorry state got it down.S It hada beenm up therepl a fair efew days aSlide Perhaps you could act a cold couple of nights." the story out first to ters could help you decide which are the most stuck in the HOW WAS I TO hters got near The cat, named Dan by RSPCA staff, is importantS moments.am ple SKNOWli I’Dd GET e now recovering at the RSPCA Animal THIS DIRTY! Here are some things to think about….. 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What do you think you shouldS leavea out?mple Slide Do you think the pictures tell the Sample Slide story? Could they be turned into a comic strip? THE END www.ks1resources.co.uk.