Skimbleshanks would later become the title of Lloyd-Webber's next musical. "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat" (poem) Skimbleshanks Skimbleshanks is a cat character in T. S. Eliot's book of poetry "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats". The T. S Eliot poem begins as a parody of Rudyard Kipling's poem "l'Envoi" (also known as "The Long Trail") from "Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses". Compare the first few lines of Kipling's Skimbleshanks is described as living on the Night Mail overnight express train that travels on the British West Coast Main Line (WCML) between London Euston and Glasgow
Possum Magic Books in Adelaide they asked Fox to reduce the four-and-a-half page book, then titled "Hush the Invisible Mouse", by two-thirds and to change the mice to Australian animals to place emphasis on her Australian theme. As of 2011, "Possum Magic" sold three million copies. In 2017, the Royal Australian Mint struck a series of $1 and $2 coins to commemorate the book. Possum Magic Possum Magic is a picture book by Australian author Mem Fox. The two main characters are Grandma Poss and Hush. Hush has been made invisible by Grandma to protect her from Australian bush dangers. The story