Macavity: The Mystery Cat Summary Class 8 English Honeydew

Macavity is a mystery cat. He is the master criminal. He can defy and break any law. Even the police force and Flying Squad of England have failed to arrest him. He gives a slip to them. When the police reach the scene of crime, it is too late. The criminal by that time is gone.

Macavity is matchless in his field. He can do any impossible task. He can disappear. He can break Newton’s law of gravity and float in the air without support. Even the fakir and the magician are surprised to see his feats. He will outwit you. You may look for him in the basement and in the air, you will have no access to him.

Macavity is a tall and thin cat. His eyes are sunken, and his head is lined. His head is round like a dome. His coat is soiled and his hair is in disorder. He moves like a snake. When you think he is sleeping, he is, in fact, wide awake.

Macavity is a devil in cat’s shape. He is morally corrupt. You can meet him in a lane and in open grounds. But you will not find him where the crime has been committed.

• Have you ever wondered why people generally communicate with their pet dog mainly in English?
• What would you say to persuade your cat to leave the mouse alone? Try to say it in English.
• Which sentence about Macavity has been repeated four times in the poem? Why has it been repeated? Think about it.
• Mention a couple of ‘crimes’ discovered in the kitchen, and your Macavity was nowhere to be seen. 
• a fiend in feline shape
  Does it remind you of a similar expression about a wolf? What is it, and what does it mean?
• Here are four lines about someone’s cat. Read them and say whether it is a mystery cat.
  My kitten walks on velvet feet
  And makes no sound at all.
  And in the doorway nightly sits
  To watch the darkness fall.