Pookie has been left alone in the house by his family. As he sleeps fitfully on the carpet by the fireplace it magically rises up and whisks him away on a trip from the North Pole to Down Under and out to the Cosmos. Along the way he meets a wide range of characters from Mrs. Santa's Whitekitty, Sneakers from the haunted hotel, the cosmic cats from Judd's Trattoria, Sir Percival Pussyfoot, the armchair detective cat, the myriad of black cats from Sabu One through Five, the purrrrings of Miaou-Sitting of China, and the Down-Unda Wunda Cat. Each of these stories provides a sense of adventure and the warmth of happy endings. Nine Lives closes with a Prayer for Strays. Paperback ISBN: 0-9736560-3-4