Our story opens with a cat stuck in a tree, an ordinary-enough occurrence. Fletcher&nbsp;the cat, having run up the tree in a moment of thoughtless abandon, cannot get back down. Then strange things begin to happen: Fletcher finds in his tree a steamer trunk full of hats, and among the hats a papier mâché egg that opens to reveal Zenobia, a worldly talking doll who was locked in the egg by an unfeeling child named Mabel. To cheer each other up, Fletcher and Zenobia decide to throw a party, complete with cake, peach ice cream, and punch from a silver punch bowl. The hats come in handy, and a moth, drawn to the festivities, soon becomes the vehicle of an unexpected escape plan.<br>&nbsp;<br>A story of metamorphosis and friendship, like <i>The Owl and the Pussycat </i>crossed with&nbsp;<i>Alice in Wonderland</i>,<i>Fletcher and Zenobia </i>is a wildly imaginative tale of wish fulfillment and freedom. At once silly and zany, it is not without a certain delicacy of&nbsp;feeling that older children, and adults, will also appreciate.