The story of how Prince Bertie kept a lion as a pet when he was a small boy living in the palace, and what happened when the lion grew too big to keep.
The rags to riches story of Dick Whittington and his cat is not just a fairy tale: it is part of the folklore of London. Today there is a monument to his cat near the Whittington Stone pub at the foot of Highgate Hill where Dick sat down and heard the famous Bow Bells of East London ring out: Turn Again Whittington! Thrice Lord Mayor of London!
Bertie is on the Greek Island of Crete and relates two famous legends from the time of King Minos – and how they blend into History in the writing of Herodotus.
A spooky, scary, and at the same time funny story from Scotland, about a taylor who has to sew some trews in the haunted ruins of an old church.
Solomon the cat steps forward to take the lead role in this episode of our Katie series. It’s meant to be a secret that he can talk, and so when he goes to stay with Isis’s family he is under strict instructions to say no more than meow.
Fenris the Wolf was so strong that he could bite through chains.