# REWIND WEDNESDAY: The Cat and The Cake 😼 🧁 An episode of [Short Stories for Kids: Bedtime ~ Car Time ~ Downtime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557898989), 12 Aug 2026, 14 min. Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/s.gum.fm/s-624f621807754001d038e4b6/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73847668/the_cat_and_the_cake.mp3 Written by Alex Come and follow more adventures on our animated TV show on Youtube! πŸ“ΊπŸ€© SUBSCRIBE HERE: youtube.com/@shortstoriesforkidspodcast If you would like a special birthday shout out, order one here! πŸŽ‚ https://www.shortstoriesforkidspodcast.com/ Looking for Ad Free Episodes? Just join our 🌟PREMIUM CHANNEL 🌟 Join up to our Premium channel through your Apple player or here at Supercast: https://shortstoriesforkids.supercast.com/ And become a Super Fan of Short Stories for Kids! Here you will receive a Friday Bonus Episode every week! Plus our entire back catalogue of stories ad free! Also Premium Only Shout Outs just for you guys! 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She stamped her [0:51] Speaker 1: boots and shook off her jacket and slumped down into [0:54] Speaker 1: a tatty old chair in the corner of the kitchen. Oh, [0:58] Speaker 1: what a busy day, puffed the farmer. Shiloh, never one [1:03] Speaker 1: to miss out on a warm lap, leapt up onto [1:06] Speaker 1: the farmer's knees and settled down atop her thighs, purring contentedly. [1:11] Speaker 1: And I suppose you've done nothing but be lazy, smiled [1:15] Speaker 1: the farmer. You cats have it so easy. Shiloh stopped [1:19] Speaker 1: her purring as the farmer rubbed her behind the ear. [1:23] Speaker 1: Had the farmer just called her lazy? Well, you can't [1:28] Speaker 1: have my warm lap just yet, continued the farmer. My [1:32] Speaker 1: busy day isn't over. I've still got two more animals [1:35] Speaker 1: to feed me. And you. She stood up, spilling the [1:40] Speaker 1: cat out onto the floor as she made to prepare [1:42] Speaker 1: the meals. Normally, Shiloh would trot eagerly at her ankle, [1:47] Speaker 1: excited for her dinner, but tonight she hung back thinking [1:51] Speaker 1: about what the farmer had said. Was she lazy? Did [1:56] Speaker 1: she really have it easy? These thoughts troubled her as [2:00] Speaker 1: she watched the farmer cook and then clean up, and [2:03] Speaker 1: the cat was still thinking about it long after the [2:05] Speaker 1: farmer had gone to her bed, before the sun had [2:09] Speaker 1: risen or the cockrel crowed the farmer was up. On [2:13] Speaker 1: most mornings, Shiloh would pay little attention as the farmer [2:16] Speaker 1: had her hasty breakfast before starting her day. But today [2:21] Speaker 1: the cat watched everything the farmer did, right up until [2:24] Speaker 1: she pulled on her boots, slipped on her jacket, and [2:27] Speaker 1: left to begin her chores. I've never even noticed it before, [2:32] Speaker 1: but the farmer works very hard, said the cat out [2:36] Speaker 1: loud to the empty kitchen. No wonder she thinks I [2:39] Speaker 1: have it easy. Anyone would look lazy when compared to her. [2:44] Speaker 1: She does so much for all the animals of the farm, [2:47] Speaker 1: especially me. Perhaps the time has come for me to [2:51] Speaker 1: do something for her. The question, however, was what Shiloh's [2:57] Speaker 1: eyes fell upon. An old cookbook sat gathering dust upon [3:01] Speaker 1: the old kitchen dresser with a bound from floor to chair. [3:05] Speaker 1: It was then a short hop to where the book sat. [3:07] Speaker 1: Propped up With care, the cat pulled it forward, allowing [3:12] Speaker 1: the pages to fall open upon the dresser's top. The [3:16] Speaker 1: page revealed a picture of a magnificent Victoria sponge cake. Ah, [3:22] Speaker 1: said Shiloh with satisfaction. A cake. That's what I'll do. [3:26] Speaker 1: I'll bake the farmer a cake. She deserves a cake [3:30] Speaker 1: for all that she does, and then she'll see that [3:33] Speaker 1: I'm not lazy. Beside the picture of the Victoria sponge [3:37] Speaker 1: was a list of ingredients and instructions of what to do. [3:41] Speaker 1: It looks as if the first thing that I'll need [3:43] Speaker 1: are four eggs, said the cat, And fortunately I know [3:48] Speaker 1: just where to find some. Shiloh left the farmhouse, crossing [3:52] Speaker 1: the yard to the chicken coop. Outside the coop, a [3:56] Speaker 1: chicken was pecking in the dirt. Good morning, announced cat. Cheerfully, [4:01] Speaker 1: May I trouble you for four of your fabulous eggs? Please? [4:05] Speaker 1: Four eggs, repeated the chicken. Why would a cat need [4:09] Speaker 1: four eggs? I'm going to bake a cake, grinned Shiloh. Happily, [4:15] Speaker 1: it's going to be for the farmer, as a thank [4:17] Speaker 1: you for all the things that she does for us. [4:20] Speaker 1: What a good idea, agreed the chicken. The farmer's always [4:25] Speaker 1: busy racing here and there to get her chores done. [4:28] Speaker 1: I'll gladly give you four eggs for your cake. The [4:32] Speaker 1: chicken led the cat into the coop and they rummaged [4:35] Speaker 1: amongst the straw until four speckled brown eggs had been found. [4:39] Speaker 1: Four eggs are a lot to carry, said Shiloh. I [4:43] Speaker 1: wouldn't want to break one. Then let me help you, [4:47] Speaker 1: said the chicken. We can carry two each. This they did, [4:52] Speaker 1: returning to the farmhouse kitchen to lay them out on [4:55] Speaker 1: the wide wooden table. Let me see what else I need, [4:59] Speaker 1: said Shiloh, jumping up onto the dresser to read the cookbook. [5:03] Speaker 1: The chicken flapped up beside her. Ah, said the cat. [5:07] Speaker 1: I'm going to need some milk. WHOA, that's just perfect, [5:12] Speaker 1: said the delighted chicken. We can get milk here on [5:15] Speaker 1: the farm. You're right, smiled the cat and the unlikely [5:19] Speaker 1: pair headed back to the yard. They crossed to the [5:23] Speaker 1: cow shed, where a large brown cow was in conversation [5:27] Speaker 1: with a snowy white goose. Good morning, announced the cat. Cheerfully, [5:32] Speaker 1: May I trouble you for some of your milk? Please milk, [5:37] Speaker 1: repeated the cow. My milk isn't for you, cat, It's [5:41] Speaker 1: for the farmer. But that's precisely who I need it for, [5:46] Speaker 1: explained Shiloh. I'm going to bake her a cake as [5:50] Speaker 1: a thank you for all the things that she does [5:52] Speaker 1: for us. What a marvelous idea, agreed the goose. The [5:57] Speaker 1: farmer's work is never done. A cake is is exactly [6:00] Speaker 1: what she deserves. The brown cow nodded, I shall, gloody [6:06] Speaker 1: give you some milk for your cake, she said, use [6:10] Speaker 1: the bucket in my stall. Shiloh and the chicken pushed [6:14] Speaker 1: the bucket under the cow's utters, filling it half way [6:17] Speaker 1: with her milk. But now the bucket was too awkward [6:21] Speaker 1: for the cat or chicken to move. The bucket is [6:25] Speaker 1: too big and heavy to carry, said Shiloh. I wouldn't [6:29] Speaker 1: want to spill it. Then let me help you, said [6:33] Speaker 1: the goose. I'm bigger than you two. I can manage it. [6:37] Speaker 1: This worked nicely, allowing them to return to the farmhouse [6:40] Speaker 1: kitchen and set the milk down beside the wide wooden table. [6:45] Speaker 1: What's next, asked the chicken. Butter, said the cat, reading [6:50] Speaker 1: from the book. Where will we get that in the dairy, [6:55] Speaker 1: said the goose. It's where the farmer turns her butter [6:58] Speaker 1: from the cow's milk. Then what are we waiting for? [7:02] Speaker 1: Laughed Shiloh, leaping for the floor. The dairy was built [7:06] Speaker 1: onto the side of the cow shed, but when they [7:09] Speaker 1: got there they found the door was closed. Bother said Shiloh, [7:14] Speaker 1: how will we get butter if we can't get inside. [7:18] Speaker 1: It's not locked, said a pig from the nearby sty. [7:22] Speaker 1: The door is old and warped, so there's a gap [7:25] Speaker 1: near the floor that you can get your nose into [7:28] Speaker 1: to pull it open. How would you know this, asked [7:32] Speaker 1: the goose. Oh well, said the guilty looking pig. When [7:37] Speaker 1: no one's looking, I like to see if the dairy [7:41] Speaker 1: has anything that needs eating. I can't open this door [7:45] Speaker 1: with my nose, complained Shiloh, nor me with my beak, [7:50] Speaker 1: said the chicken. I can't either, said the goose, after [7:54] Speaker 1: giving it a try. What do you need to get [7:58] Speaker 1: into the dairy for anyway? Asked the pig. I know [8:02] Speaker 1: I'm not supposed to go into the dairy, so I'm [8:05] Speaker 1: quite sure. It's no place for a cat, a chicken [8:09] Speaker 1: or a goose. It's for the farmer. It's for the [8:14] Speaker 1: farmer that we need to get in, explained Shiloh. I'm [8:18] Speaker 1: going to bake her a cake as a thank you [8:20] Speaker 1: for all the things that she does for us. Well, [8:23] Speaker 1: that's very sweet of you, said the pig. The farmer [8:27] Speaker 1: is very good to us all. A cake is exactly [8:31] Speaker 1: what she deserves. Here, let me help you with some difficulty, [8:36] Speaker 1: The pig nudged open the door to his sty, then [8:40] Speaker 1: did the same with the door to the dairy. Inside, [8:43] Speaker 1: they could smell butter inside a large wooden churn. That [8:48] Speaker 1: churn is too big for me to move, said Shiloh, [8:52] Speaker 1: even with the help of a chicken and a goose. [8:56] Speaker 1: Then let me help you, said the pig. I'm big [9:00] Speaker 1: or the knoll of you. Let me roll it for you, [9:03] Speaker 1: gently tipping the wooden churn on to its side. They [9:07] Speaker 1: headed back to the farmhouse kitchen to stand the churn [9:10] Speaker 1: upright beside the wide wooden table. We're doing well, said [9:15] Speaker 1: the chicken, as Shiloh inspected the cookbook. We'll also need sugar, flour, [9:21] Speaker 1: baking powder, and strawberry jam, said the cat. Will we [9:26] Speaker 1: find those out on the farm. I don't think so, [9:31] Speaker 1: grunted the pig. I seem to remember the farmer making [9:35] Speaker 1: jam many months ago and putting them in that high cupboard, [9:40] Speaker 1: said Shiloh, pointing with her paw. But how will we [9:44] Speaker 1: get up there, asked the goose. It's too high for [9:47] Speaker 1: any of us. I have an idea, said the cat, [9:51] Speaker 1: and led them all back into the yard. This time [9:55] Speaker 1: they went to the stable, where a dappled horse gazed [9:59] Speaker 1: down at them. Good morning, announced Shiloh, cheerfully. May I [10:04] Speaker 1: trouble you for some help? Please help, repeated the horse. [10:09] Speaker 1: My strength isn't for you, cat, It's for the farmer. [10:13] Speaker 1: But that's precisely who I need it for, explained Shiloh. [10:18] Speaker 1: I'm going to bake her a cake as a thank [10:20] Speaker 1: you for all the things that she does for us. [10:24] Speaker 1: Is that so? Said the horse, sounding impressed. The farmer [10:29] Speaker 1: is nothing but kind to me. A cake is exactly [10:32] Speaker 1: what she deserves. I shall be glad to help you. [10:36] Speaker 1: The group of animals returned to the kitchen, where the [10:39] Speaker 1: horse hooked open the cupboard door with its teeth. This [10:43] Speaker 1: not only revealed several jars of strawberry jam, but sugar, [10:47] Speaker 1: flour and baking powder too. What all this, asked the goat, [10:53] Speaker 1: poking his head around the door. A duck, a sheep, [10:57] Speaker 1: and the brown cow were with him. I'm going going [11:00] Speaker 1: to bake the farmer a cake, said Shiloh, as a [11:03] Speaker 1: thank you for all the things that she does for us. [11:06] Speaker 1: Then you must let us help, insisted the goat. I [11:11] Speaker 1: shall find a mixing bowl. Er. Now I'll get a spoon, [11:15] Speaker 1: quacked the duck. The kitchen was now full of animals [11:18] Speaker 1: squeezed around or on the wide wooden table. But try [11:24] Speaker 1: as they might, paws, hooves, and beaks are no match [11:28] Speaker 1: for a pair of human hands, and the squeeze of [11:32] Speaker 1: animals meant that everyone was in someone else's way. Watch [11:37] Speaker 1: what you're doing with those eggs, demanded the chicken. Mind [11:42] Speaker 1: that flour, grumbled the sheep. Get your foot out of [11:46] Speaker 1: the milk, complained the cow. It was just at that [11:50] Speaker 1: moment that the farmer arrived back for her lunch. Quite understandably, [11:56] Speaker 1: she looked more than a little stunned by the sight [11:59] Speaker 1: before her. Eye. Most of her animals were in her kitchen, [12:03] Speaker 1: amongst scattered sugar, spilt milk, smeared strawberry jam, cracked eggs, [12:09] Speaker 1: and a billowing cloud of flour. The animals all stared [12:15] Speaker 1: back at her, caught in the act. My goodness, said [12:19] Speaker 1: the farmer, as her eyes fell upon Shiloh stood over [12:22] Speaker 1: the cookbook. The cat looked the guiltiest of them all. [12:27] Speaker 1: So the farmer squeezed past the horse, stepped over the pig, [12:31] Speaker 1: and took a look at the cookbook's open page. Ah, [12:36] Speaker 1: she said, at last, I think I understand what's going [12:39] Speaker 1: on here. Right all of you into the yard. The [12:43] Speaker 1: animals wasted no time in doing as they'd been asked, [12:47] Speaker 1: but didn't stray far. They gathered at the doorway to [12:51] Speaker 1: watch the farmer clean up their mess. Once done, she [12:55] Speaker 1: went to the fridge, removed milk and butter, and got [12:58] Speaker 1: to work. Only while the cake was in the oven [13:01] Speaker 1: did she return to her chores on the farm, returning [13:05] Speaker 1: a short while later to finish it off. There, she said, [13:09] Speaker 1: presenting the finished Victoria sponge to the assembled farm animals, [13:14] Speaker 1: And there's enough slices for all of us. The animals [13:18] Speaker 1: got to eat theirs in the yard, although Shiloh was [13:21] Speaker 1: allowed to curl up on the farmer's lap upon the [13:24] Speaker 1: kitchen chair. You meant well, Shiloh, said the farmer kindly, [13:29] Speaker 1: even if you did create even more work for me [13:32] Speaker 1: to do. Now I must get on. Still plenty of [13:36] Speaker 1: work to do before the day is done. She rose [13:39] Speaker 1: from the chair and left, leaving Shiloh to watch her go. [13:44] Speaker 1: I guess that worked out all right in the end, [13:47] Speaker 1: said the chicken, pecking at the last of her cake crumbs. [13:51] Speaker 1: Oh we're not down yet, said Shiloh to the assembled animals. [13:56] Speaker 1: I've just had an amazing idea. 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