Tabiffa is a beautiful black cat partially owned by Peter (about 7 years old) and 4 year old twins Binkie and Dinkie. One day she disappears and the twins cried and cried for they loved their beautiful cat. Mother offered to buy a new cat but they wanted their Tabiffa back. Nurse said good riddance because she didn't like cats. Father said if they didn't stop crying at once he would spank them. Peter had an idea to search the house and they looked in every room and closet more than once.
For a week Tabiffa was lost and the twins started to look pale and thin. One night while the twins were sleeping and Peter was thinking of a way to find the cat, she appeared through a half open door with a small black kitten in her mouth. She jumped onto the twins bed, made a nest and brought in the rest of her litter, four in all. Then Tabiffa curled herself up and started to purr.
Peter started to go and wake up the twins when the nasty nurse came in and started carrying on. Next mother and father came into the room and the twins woke up and spotted. They cried out in joy and begged their parents to keep them. The new family ended up settled comfortably in a basket beside the twins bed.
Until very late Peter was awakened by something moving on his face. He realized it was Tabiffa and she would not leave when he tried to push her down. Suddenly he smelled smoke. He quickly ran to nurses room and shouted in her ear that the house was on fire. Next he woke his mother and father and bundled the twins up in blankets. They all were on the front lawn of the house, including Tabiffa and her kittens. The fire-engine came and tried to put out the fire. It did not take very long.
Tabiffa now wears a beautiful red collar with a silver plate that says I am Tabiffa, who saved the house from burning.