Land of Legends: Tabbytha (Tabby)Toughpaws & the Nine Lives Trap/Land of Legends: Tabbytha (Tabby) Shorthair & the Nine Lives Trap (working titles)(working title)
The Story: When a boy's father ends up in a cat's body due to a body swap incident involving a disgruntled cat legend (Tabbytha (Tabby) Shorthair/Toughpaws, who was mistreated one Christmas by their horrible owner and who now seeks vengeance at Christmas on horrible human beings, especially those who are horrible cat owners), he desperately tries to escape but to no avail. Unfortunately, he swiftly discovers that the legendary Tabbytha (Tabby) Shorthair/Toughpaws likes to trap horrible humans in animal (cat) bodies just before Christmas until they correct their lives or do whatever is required to free them, and so his son and cat step in to try and help as they take him on a tour of his past human nine lives (times that he fell in life and landed safely on his feet when he shouldn’t have which Tabbytha (Tabby) informs him is due to a special gift given to cat owners by their cats for looking after them. During this exploration, the boy's father is given nine tests and nine cat lives (chances to change/redeem himself) while the three also have to try to fulfil the Christmas gift wishes for the rest of the family in order to give them the first Merry Christmas that they have ever had due to the father's meanness as they try to figure out what he needs to do or put right in order to get back to his human form in time for Christmas after which point, if he fails, he will be stuck in cat form forever. Written by Jill Thrussell