Jennyanydots Jennyanydots Jennyanydots is a fictional character in the poem "The Old Gumbie Cat" from T. S. Eliot's collection "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", and the later musical play "Cats" based on it. She is described as being an old Gumbie cat. During the day, the family thinks she is lazy because she sits around doing nothing ("She sits, and sits, and sits, and sits. And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat...") but when they go to sleep, she goes to work, forcing the mice to learn music, crocheting, and tatting. She even thinks the cockroaches need employment to counter
Carbonel: The King of the Cats Carbonel: The King of the Cats Carbonel: the King of the Cats is a children's book by Barbara Sleigh, first published by Max Parrish in 1955, and in the US by Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. It is based on an old folk tale from the British Isles "The King of the Cats" and has two sequels, "The Kingdom of Carbonel" (Puffin, 1961) and "Carbonel and Calidor: Being the Further Adventures of a Royal Cat" (Kestrel Books, 1978), making up the "Carbonel" series. The first edition of "Carbonel" was illustrated by V. H. Drummond, and of "Kingdom" by D. M. Leonard. A girl