Beastie and the big black cat

Page structure as recommended by how to make comic strips book:

1. Beastie sits on woodshed roof trying to catch birds - fails

2. Beastie notices red paw prints on top of woodshed roof and follows them into the open shed and finds a tin of paint spilled on the floor. Beko sees Beastie in the shed and scolds him

3. Beastie goes home and waits patiently for food, everyone gets fed first and Beastie gets cold meat and biscuits

4. Night time Beastie goes on patrol while everyone's sleeping, he fails to catch a bat and a mouse and he taunts a dog in it's kennel. He is scared by a big black cat, hisses and runs away

5. Morning time, Coco goes and feeds the babes, Beastie monitors Beko's movements trying to trip him up. get out of bed, in bathroom, go downstairs, make tea. Beko gives Beasties cold meat and biscuits and then makes his lunch which Beastie prefers to watch.

6. Cat flap goes and Beastie sees that all his food has gone, he looks out of cat flap and sees black tail going around the corner. Beastie begs for more food but doesn't get any.

7. Disconsolate, Beastie goes upstairs to find nappies being changed. he bites a babies foot and is screamed at by everyone and is kicked out.

8. Over the road, Beastie sees the black cat looking in the window of house opposite. He sees black cat run into tree as woman leaves with a puppy and puts up a sign on the lamppost. Beastie goes over and spooks puppy.

9. Beastie sits on fence terrorising dogs as they go past and then goes home to get fed. When he's about to eat, he looks out of the cat flap and sees the big black cat staring at him Beastie swipes at the black cat and runs away

10. Beastie looks out of the window and sees the black cat sitting on the woodshed roof and sees him catch a bird. Beastie plots black cat's downfall.

11. Beastie goes outside and finds dead bird on the doormat and feels threatened he goes over to gate and sees black cat sitting outside the same house all puffed up. Beastie goes over to have a look and then there is barking from in the house. Puppy throws himself against window and scares black cat who scares Beastie.

12. Beastie goes home and a missing cat poster is put through the door. Beastie tries to tell Beko who thinks he wants food, tries to tell Coco who tells Beko off for not feeding Beastie, tries to tell Bebes who stare blankly back at him.

13. Beastie looks for black cat in the tree, and on the woodshed and in the shed where Beastie finds him big, burly, black and hissing and growling

14. Beastie sees the owners carrying in their shopping and tries to tell them they think Beastie needs to be fed 'poor starving cat'. Beastie steals sausages and they chase him over to the woodshed where they find the black cat and pick him up and hug him.