Jon awoke the next morning to the feeling of something licking his face. He opened his eyes in surprise to find a small black cat beside him on his pillow.
"How did you get in here, huh?" he asked the animal, stroking its fur.
Jon got out of bed and put on his dressing gown. Carefully, he lifted the cat into his arms and took it downstairs to the kitchen. Jon let the cat go out the back door into the family garden, then went back up to his room to get his wishing stone.
The black cat explored the garden for a while until it saw...
