One continuous story told in short, accessible chapters. The irrepressible Railway Cat is poking his nose in again. This time Alfie is helping to look after an important new arrival in the village - a valuable rocking horse in need of some urgent repairs. Alfie is determined to make sure that nobody tries to steal the horse before it's been properly mended, but it isn't easy..... Alfie see off two burglars, a pair of naughty twins, and cadges a ride in a getaway car before he's sure that the old horse is finally safe from harm....

 

This is volume 48 in Storybook .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Phyllis Arkle was born and educated in Chester. In 1959 she moved to the Thames Valley village of Twyford in Berkshire, where she wrote the Railway Cat amongst many other books for children. She died in 1997.