# NEW PREMIUM TRAILER: Cat And Mouse Cottage

An episode of [Animal Tales: The Kids' Story Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1644596989), 28 May 2026, 5:33.

Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72097825/subtrailer103_catandmousecottage_mixdown.mp3

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## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to a special taster of our new
[0:03] Speaker 1: premium only story. We hope you like it. He yo, Hello,
[0:23] Speaker 1: I'm Josephine and this is the Animal Tales podcast. There
[0:27] Speaker 1: are over one hundred extra stories on our premium service,
[0:30] Speaker 1: with a new one released every Friday, and this is
[0:33] Speaker 1: another one. J J is a premium member from the USA,
[0:39] Speaker 1: and she would like a story with a cat and
[0:41] Speaker 1: a mouse. Don't forget to listen to the animal facts
[0:44] Speaker 1: after the story to learn more about these creatures. For now,
[0:49] Speaker 1: it's time to sit back and get comfy, because it's
[0:51] Speaker 1: time to begin Cat and Mouse Cottage. The cottage was
[0:59] Speaker 1: finally filled with boxes and furniture, leaving the moving van empty.
[1:04] Speaker 1: JJ placed the cat carrier on the hardwood floor and
[1:08] Speaker 1: swung open its door. Here you go, Judy, said JJ,
[1:13] Speaker 1: our new home. Two yellow eyes peered out at the
[1:17] Speaker 1: strange new house. Judy was not keen, so shuffled further
[1:23] Speaker 1: back into her carrier. Come on, you, silly kitty, you
[1:28] Speaker 1: can't stay in there forever, said JJ, gently tipping out
[1:32] Speaker 1: the stubborn black cat. Judy slid to the floor ear
[1:37] Speaker 1: as flat as she surveyed the room. Nobody had asked
[1:41] Speaker 1: her if she wanted to move house. She was perfectly
[1:44] Speaker 1: happy with the old one. Sure it was small and
[1:48] Speaker 1: next to a loud and busy road, but it had
[1:51] Speaker 1: been the only home she had ever known. Go and explore,
[1:56] Speaker 1: JJ encouraged, giving the cat a gentle purseh Reluctantly, Judy
[2:03] Speaker 1: stepped forward. The cottage was pretty, she supposed, but she
[2:08] Speaker 1: was already missing the cats that lived near the old
[2:10] Speaker 1: house and the pigeons that would land on the window
[2:13] Speaker 1: sill and tell her the latest gossip through the glass.
[2:17] Speaker 1: She didn't know any one here except Ja Jay and
[2:20] Speaker 1: her family. With a sigh, the cat decided she may
[2:25] Speaker 1: as well explore. She peered into the kitchen, peeked into
[2:30] Speaker 1: the living room, and went up and down the stairs.
[2:34] Speaker 1: Arriving back at the point where she'd started, Judy noticed
[2:37] Speaker 1: a door open, just a crack. Being ever curious, Judy
[2:43] Speaker 1: nudged it open to see what was within. It was
[2:47] Speaker 1: a flight of stairs leading down into a basement. Light
[2:52] Speaker 1: was streaming in through a narrow, high window, so Judy
[2:55] Speaker 1: sprang down the stairs to see what she could find. Disappointingly,
[3:01] Speaker 1: the basement was all but empty, just an old table
[3:05] Speaker 1: and three water damaged boxes hardly worth the bother. She
[3:10] Speaker 1: was about to return up the steps when she caught
[3:13] Speaker 1: a flicker of movement by the boxes. On soft, silent paws,
[3:18] Speaker 1: she crept over, only to find herself looking down into
[3:23] Speaker 1: a long, whiskered face. It was a mouse, small, gray
[3:28] Speaker 1: and surprised. Where did you come from? The mouse squeaked. Oh,
[3:36] Speaker 1: said Judy, startled by the mouse's response. I'm Judy. My
[3:41] Speaker 1: family and I just moved here. It's our new home.
[3:45] Speaker 1: The cottage has new owners, the mouse said, perking up.
[3:50] Speaker 1: How wonderful it has been empty for so long. I'd
[3:54] Speaker 1: grown quite lonely. I'm Sparkle. By the way. For the
[3:58] Speaker 1: first time since she had been placed in the cat
[4:01] Speaker 1: carrier that morning, Judy felt a smile tug at her lips.
[4:06] Speaker 1: She liked this mouse. It's nice to meet you, Sparkle,
[4:10] Speaker 1: Judy said, Hey, why don't I show you around? Sparkle suggested,
[4:16] Speaker 1: running for the stairs, last one up as fleas, Judy
[4:22] Speaker 1: gave chase, giggling. Suddenly things didn't seem quite so bad.
[4:29] Speaker 1: As the days passed, Judy and Sparkle spent almost all
[4:33] Speaker 1: their time together. When JJ went to school and her
[4:37] Speaker 1: family were out at work. They had the house to themselves.
[4:41] Speaker 1: They would play games, watch TV, and share snacks, all
[4:46] Speaker 1: while swapping stories as they got to know one another.
[4:50] Speaker 1: Tell me another story about the city, Sparkle would ask, fascinated,
[4:57] Speaker 1: And while Judy was very pleased to have made a
[4:59] Speaker 1: friend and Sparkle was the most grateful of the two,
[5:04] Speaker 1: the little mouse had grown terribly lonely in the cottage,
[5:07] Speaker 1: to the point where she rarely even left the basement.
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