Laurence Higgins is an enormously fat black cat. His friends tell him to lose weight if he wants a girl friend. He gets thinner with one meal a day but the cat he fancies tells him she doesn't like slim boys. Triumphantly Lawrence returns to his four meals a day, spurred on by the thought of meeting Bella when he's back to his normal size.

Lawrence the fat black cat decides that four meals a day from his various "owners" is all a bit too much, especially when everyone tells him he'll never get a girlfriend unless he thins down. Colour Young Puffin, readership level: 6+.