Milli Jack and the Dancing Cat

Milli Jack and the Dancing Cat centres around Milli, a talented maker who could take a thing that was a nothing and turn it into a something. She had the knack of finding any old forgotten this or that, giving it a bit of a wiggle, and transforming it into something amazing.

Sadly, no one in her town valued what Milli could do, and she was far too shy to insist. The townspeople never wanted anything special, so Milli spent her time making brown shoes, black shoes, and plain old work boots.

But then comes the day two vagabonds roll into town—crazy Jack and his dancing cat. Sturdy new boots are exactly what they need, but what can they give Milli in exchange? Dancing lessons!

They teach her jazz and ballet and tap. They do the two-step, the three-step, and the tricky-twisting-backward-slide-four-step. Milli begins to feel brave and free. She makes them the most beautiful shoes she can imagine and rustles up a few amazing things for herself, too.

Eventually, even the townspeople have to take notice.