CONTENTS

Chapter 1: In Which the Special Agent Gets Things in Order

Chapter 2: In Which Animals Are Insulted

Chapter 3: In Which a Confession Is Made Under Torture

Chapter 4: In Which There Is a Sack, a Shrine, and Some Poetry

Chapter 5: In Which Badger Has No Self-Respect

Chapter 6: In Which an Enemy's Enemy Is a Friend

Chapter 7: In Which No One Can Be Trusted

Chapter 8: In Which No One Wants to Give a Feather

Chapter 9: In Which a Rifle Is Aimed From

Chapter 10: In Which a Slippery Character Is Missing

Chapter 11: In Which Badgers Lie

Chapter 12: Short but Terrifying

Chapter 13: In Which Everyone Has Their Own Truth

Chapter 14: In Which a Bee-tie Is Required

Chapter 15: In Which a Heart Beats Like a Woodpecker

Chapter 16: In Which Badgercat Talks to His Shadow

Chapter 17: In Which Badger Becomes Bold

Chapter 18: In Which a Psychopath Plays with a Psychologist

Chapter 19: In Which There Is a Confession

Chapter 20: In Which There Is a Death Sentence

Chapter 21: In Which There Is No Pulse

Chapter 22: In Which the Penguin Is Ready to Shine

Chapter 23: In Which a Brilliant Plan Is Worked Out

Chapter 24: In Which Animals Don't Change

Chapter 25: In Which the Maniac Is Caught

Chapter 26: In Which the Heart of the Matter Is Pecked At

Chapter 27: In Which There's a Miracle

Chapter 28: In Which Some Are Left Speechless

Chapter 29: In Which Brother Betrays Brother

Chapter 30: In Which the Clues Lead Straight to the Top

Chapter 31: In Which Badger Is Threatened

Chapter 32: In Which Everything Is Done for Safety

Chapter 33: In Which Everything Fits in the Suitcase

Chapter 34: In Which This Is the End

Chapter 35: In Which There Are Screams of Fear

Chapter 36: In Which Idiots Don't Have a Choice

Chapter 37: In Which Super Bats Don't Cry

Chapter 38: The Last One

Anna Starobinets is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. Best known as a writer of dystopian and metaphysical stories, she is also a successful children's author. Her previous titles include Catlantis, translated from Russian into English by Jane Bugaeva, and praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a trippy, silly tale of cat magic, folklore, and love....Bugaeva's punny translation will make this a fine read-aloud. A must for those seeking culturally diverse literary experiences."