A number of years ago, I worked with a friend on a poetry board. He was a wonderful mentor, and during that time, I wrote the Pedro Story. With his encouragement, I developed a love for children's stories and poetry. I found the combination helped to convey a story children loved to hear over and over. This book is all about Sian, the cat, who patrolled the house where Pedro lived. He was big and mean, and he had destroyed most of the mice that had lived there. Pedro kept watch for Sian then ran from the small hole for the door that took him outdoors. He knew he needed a safe place to live without that cruel cat.