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Mog the Forgetful Cat #14
Mog and the Vee-Ee-Tee
When Mog gets a thorn in her paw, there's nothing that can help except a trip to the vet's. But Mog hates going to the vet and before her paw can be made better, she creates mayhem and drags the children, the nurse and all the other pets in the surgery in her wake.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Judith Kerr
112 books364 followersJudith Kerr was a German-born British writer and illustrator who has created both enduring picture books such as the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came To Tea and acclaimed novels for older children such as the autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit which give a child's-eye view of the Second World War.
Kerr was born in Berlin but left Germany with her parents and her brother, Michael, in 1933, soon after the Nazis first came to power. They were forced to leave as her father, noted drama critic, journalist and screenwriter Alfred Kerr, had openly criticised the Nazis,who burned his books shortly after the family had fled Germany. They travelled first to Switzerland and then on into France, before finally settling in Britain, where Kerr has lived ever since. She subsequently became a naturalised British citizen.
Kerr was born in Berlin but left Germany with her parents and her brother, Michael, in 1933, soon after the Nazis first came to power. They were forced to leave as her father, noted drama critic, journalist and screenwriter Alfred Kerr, had openly criticised the Nazis,who burned his books shortly after the family had fled Germany. They travelled first to Switzerland and then on into France, before finally settling in Britain, where Kerr has lived ever since. She subsequently became a naturalised British citizen.
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October 18, 2017
My daughter used to read about Mog the lovable cat when she was young so when I saw this I just had to purchase it for her for Christmas - and I thought I would add extra value by reading it first!
One day Mog was trying to catch a butterfly in the garden but jump and jump as she would, she could not catch it. But in making the attempt something went wrong with her paw and it was very, very sore.
She smelled her paw, she licked her paw, she tried to walk on it but it was so sore that she could not manage to put it to the floor. Mog thought, 'I've got three other paws. I'll just walk on them instead.' But it was not easy to disguise the fact that she was in pain and was limping badly.
Nicky and Debbie spotted this and reported it to their mother, Mrs Thomas. The latter told her husband that if the paw was no better the following day Mog would have to go to the vee ee tee. And she said vee ee tee because, as we all know pets are aware when that dreaded word is used and tend to react accordingly. Mrs Thomas, therefore, avoided the work vet.
The following morning Mog was feeling sorry for herself and she did not want to eat her breakfast (very unlike Mog) and she just lay on the floor feeling very sad. Then Mrs Thomas picked her off the floor and attempted to put her in the cat basket to carry her to the vet. Mog was very unhappy and in the car she meowed and meowed for she sensed something horrible was about to happen.
The vet's waiting room was full of people with other animals, all of which were sitting quietly with their owners. But not so Mog, she started creating such a fuss that soon the other animals joined in. This brought the vet out from his consulting room and he immediately realised that it was Mog who was causing the problem.
He decided the best plan of action was to see Mog first so he took her into his surgery but at first Mog was uncooperative. Finally the vet managed to get a look at the paw and after a struggle he extracted a huge thorn and then was going to give her a pill to ease the pain. But Mog did not like that idea and she leapt off the table and ran into the waiting room, where once again chaos reigned!
Eventually Nicky and Debbie managed to grab Mog and get her back to the vet who gave her the pill and she went, rather quietly back into her carrying basket. Back at home Mog was relaxed and happy and that night she had a most peaceful sleep. Unfortunately the vet did not do so for he had a horrible dream about wild animals ... meanwhile Mog was having a lovely dream, dreaming about being a butterfly and floating around in the air.
The following day Mog was back to her old self, enjoying playing and frolicking again in the garden while the vet, recovering from his awful dream, was also beginning to feel a little better!
Mog most certainly is a most lovable cat and beautifully portrayed by Judith Kerr, both in words and pictures.
One day Mog was trying to catch a butterfly in the garden but jump and jump as she would, she could not catch it. But in making the attempt something went wrong with her paw and it was very, very sore.
She smelled her paw, she licked her paw, she tried to walk on it but it was so sore that she could not manage to put it to the floor. Mog thought, 'I've got three other paws. I'll just walk on them instead.' But it was not easy to disguise the fact that she was in pain and was limping badly.
Nicky and Debbie spotted this and reported it to their mother, Mrs Thomas. The latter told her husband that if the paw was no better the following day Mog would have to go to the vee ee tee. And she said vee ee tee because, as we all know pets are aware when that dreaded word is used and tend to react accordingly. Mrs Thomas, therefore, avoided the work vet.
The following morning Mog was feeling sorry for herself and she did not want to eat her breakfast (very unlike Mog) and she just lay on the floor feeling very sad. Then Mrs Thomas picked her off the floor and attempted to put her in the cat basket to carry her to the vet. Mog was very unhappy and in the car she meowed and meowed for she sensed something horrible was about to happen.
The vet's waiting room was full of people with other animals, all of which were sitting quietly with their owners. But not so Mog, she started creating such a fuss that soon the other animals joined in. This brought the vet out from his consulting room and he immediately realised that it was Mog who was causing the problem.
He decided the best plan of action was to see Mog first so he took her into his surgery but at first Mog was uncooperative. Finally the vet managed to get a look at the paw and after a struggle he extracted a huge thorn and then was going to give her a pill to ease the pain. But Mog did not like that idea and she leapt off the table and ran into the waiting room, where once again chaos reigned!
Eventually Nicky and Debbie managed to grab Mog and get her back to the vet who gave her the pill and she went, rather quietly back into her carrying basket. Back at home Mog was relaxed and happy and that night she had a most peaceful sleep. Unfortunately the vet did not do so for he had a horrible dream about wild animals ... meanwhile Mog was having a lovely dream, dreaming about being a butterfly and floating around in the air.
The following day Mog was back to her old self, enjoying playing and frolicking again in the garden while the vet, recovering from his awful dream, was also beginning to feel a little better!
Mog most certainly is a most lovable cat and beautifully portrayed by Judith Kerr, both in words and pictures.
November 30, 2018
When Mog injures her paw while chasing butterflies, the plump kitty is bundled off to the veterinarian, or "vee-ee-tee" as Mrs. Thomas is careful to call him, reasoning that while Mog might hate the vet, "she probably couldn't spell." Here Mog makes her discontent known, meowing loudly throughout the whole ordeal, bravely resisting as the vet attempts to extract her from her carrier basket, and taking the first opportunity to escape, after he has pulled a thorn from her paw. Chaos naturally ensues, as the dogs in the waiting room give chase, and the people attempt to restore calm. Mog dreams happily that night, but the vet is left a little less composed...
As someone who for many years had a cat companion notorious for her uncooperative behaviour at the vet's office, Mog and the V.E.T. (originally published as Mog and the Vee-ee-Tee) had me giggling in guilty recognition as I read it. My cat used to splay her legs wide, and hang on to the inside of her carrier for dear life, once we reached the examination room at the vet's, so it was amusing to see that Mog too was reluctant to emerge, and that her basket had to be held upside down to encourage it. Mog's stories always have a little bit of the surreal in them, so I was unsurprised to see that our feline heroine ends the tale with a beautiful dream in which she herself now has butterfly wings. Hybrid animals do seem a hallmark of her dream life, and can also be seen in Mog in the Dark and Mog and the Granny . I wasn't prepared for the vet's dream, in which he envisions himself surrounded by wild animals in need of his attention, but it was an amusing touch. As always with Kerr's Mog books, the accompanying artwork is intensely droll, capturing Mog's changing emotions, from pained anguish, to angry discontent, to pleased relaxation. Fans of Mog will enjoy this fourteenth title devoted to her doings, as will young cat-lovers in general.
As someone who for many years had a cat companion notorious for her uncooperative behaviour at the vet's office, Mog and the V.E.T. (originally published as Mog and the Vee-ee-Tee) had me giggling in guilty recognition as I read it. My cat used to splay her legs wide, and hang on to the inside of her carrier for dear life, once we reached the examination room at the vet's, so it was amusing to see that Mog too was reluctant to emerge, and that her basket had to be held upside down to encourage it. Mog's stories always have a little bit of the surreal in them, so I was unsurprised to see that our feline heroine ends the tale with a beautiful dream in which she herself now has butterfly wings. Hybrid animals do seem a hallmark of her dream life, and can also be seen in Mog in the Dark and Mog and the Granny . I wasn't prepared for the vet's dream, in which he envisions himself surrounded by wild animals in need of his attention, but it was an amusing touch. As always with Kerr's Mog books, the accompanying artwork is intensely droll, capturing Mog's changing emotions, from pained anguish, to angry discontent, to pleased relaxation. Fans of Mog will enjoy this fourteenth title devoted to her doings, as will young cat-lovers in general.
July 13, 2020
Mog is a very lovable cat, and there are several different Mog books. Mog and the vet tells the story of when Mog was chasing butterflies and she injures her paw. She tries everything she can think of; smelling, licking, but her paw is still too sore to walk on. Mog thinks it will be okay, she will be able to hide it because she has three other paws which she can use instead. But she limps very badly and struggles to disguise the pain.
The children tell their parents that Mog doesn't seem quite right, and they say that if Mog isn't better by the morning she will have to go to the vee-ee-tee. I loved this language as, as an adult you might use this type of language so that children don't really understand what you are talking about. The following morning, Mog is off her food, she just lay on the floor feeling very sad. She was put into the cat basket, but stared meowing loudly because she knows something bad is about to happen.
When they arrive at the vets, at first Mog is uncooperative, and when the vet tries to pull out the thorn in her paw, she leaps and runs to the waiting room. After catching Mog, the vet gives her a pill and manages to remove the thorn. The next day Mog is back to her normal self.
This book would be a lovely read aloud book for KS1 children and could be used in a topic about people who help us, or when thinking about animals.
The children tell their parents that Mog doesn't seem quite right, and they say that if Mog isn't better by the morning she will have to go to the vee-ee-tee. I loved this language as, as an adult you might use this type of language so that children don't really understand what you are talking about. The following morning, Mog is off her food, she just lay on the floor feeling very sad. She was put into the cat basket, but stared meowing loudly because she knows something bad is about to happen.
When they arrive at the vets, at first Mog is uncooperative, and when the vet tries to pull out the thorn in her paw, she leaps and runs to the waiting room. After catching Mog, the vet gives her a pill and manages to remove the thorn. The next day Mog is back to her normal self.
This book would be a lovely read aloud book for KS1 children and could be used in a topic about people who help us, or when thinking about animals.
September 9, 2018
Kedim Afacan’a çok benzettiğim Dombili, veterinerde de aynı onun gibi davranıyor ve ortalığı karıştırmayı başarıyor!
September 1, 2021
I loved this book and in it,it looks like Nicky kicks Mog in the bum!
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December 3, 2017
"'Oh dear,' said Mrs. Thomas, 'If it's not better by tomorrow she'll have to go the vee ee tee.' She said vee ee tee instead of vet so that Mog wouldn't understand. Mog hated going to the vet, but Mrs. Thomas thought she probably couldn't spell."
This is another of the classic Mog series, which so essentially captures the unique expressiveness of the modern suburban cat. Mog is catching butterflies in the garden when she gets a thorn in a her paw, precipitating the inevitable trip to the vet. "Mog thought, 'I've got three other paws. I'll just walk on them instead.'" Mog is part of the family, the hapless Mrs. Thomas speaks to her as if she's human and the children's love for the family cat is clear.
Anyone who has ever owned a cat will also find this tale dryly familiar. I am transported right back to my first visits to the vet with Sooty, the venerable black and white family cat, in the accuracy of Judith Kerr's depiction of Mog. From the nebulous unease associated with the pet carrier to the hour-long session of plaintive meows throughout the car journey, Kerr's genius is in the details of Mog's character. "She meowed a big meow." On arriving in the waiting room, there is a wonderful illustration of Mog's hurt dignity as she arches her back and squiches herself into the back of the pet carrier. Despite Mrs. Thomas' best efforts to speak in code, Mog, the self-interested sleuth which all domestic cats can be, seems to have figured out where she has been taken. "After a while, the other animals thought perhaps Mog knew something they didn't." And she won't go meekly.
After swiping the vet and inadvertently starting a pet revolution in the waiting room, all is well, and Mog can go home. "'Come on, Mog,' said Nicky, 'You're a very silly cat.' 'Back in your basket.' said Debbie." It's a great story for reassuring children when the family pet is ill, and a fun reminiscence for anyone who has had to take a cat to the vee ee tee.
The illustrations are so full of character, the children are warm and sensitive, Mog leaves the usual streak of carnage in her wake and emerges completely unscathed and even more lovable than before. Beautiful, timeless illustrations and story that will never date as long as cats continue to need a check-up. The touch of whimsy towards the end adds the understated sense of humour which really elevated Judith Kerr's children's books as unique. Thank you for reading this classic from my childhood with me, Baby Adam, I am so glad it was everything I remembered it to be.
"And that night Mog had a very good sleep. But the vet did not have a good sleep. The vet had a dream. It was a dream about wild animals. Mog had a dream too. She dreamt that she was a butterfly."
This is another of the classic Mog series, which so essentially captures the unique expressiveness of the modern suburban cat. Mog is catching butterflies in the garden when she gets a thorn in a her paw, precipitating the inevitable trip to the vet. "Mog thought, 'I've got three other paws. I'll just walk on them instead.'" Mog is part of the family, the hapless Mrs. Thomas speaks to her as if she's human and the children's love for the family cat is clear.
Anyone who has ever owned a cat will also find this tale dryly familiar. I am transported right back to my first visits to the vet with Sooty, the venerable black and white family cat, in the accuracy of Judith Kerr's depiction of Mog. From the nebulous unease associated with the pet carrier to the hour-long session of plaintive meows throughout the car journey, Kerr's genius is in the details of Mog's character. "She meowed a big meow." On arriving in the waiting room, there is a wonderful illustration of Mog's hurt dignity as she arches her back and squiches herself into the back of the pet carrier. Despite Mrs. Thomas' best efforts to speak in code, Mog, the self-interested sleuth which all domestic cats can be, seems to have figured out where she has been taken. "After a while, the other animals thought perhaps Mog knew something they didn't." And she won't go meekly.
After swiping the vet and inadvertently starting a pet revolution in the waiting room, all is well, and Mog can go home. "'Come on, Mog,' said Nicky, 'You're a very silly cat.' 'Back in your basket.' said Debbie." It's a great story for reassuring children when the family pet is ill, and a fun reminiscence for anyone who has had to take a cat to the vee ee tee.
The illustrations are so full of character, the children are warm and sensitive, Mog leaves the usual streak of carnage in her wake and emerges completely unscathed and even more lovable than before. Beautiful, timeless illustrations and story that will never date as long as cats continue to need a check-up. The touch of whimsy towards the end adds the understated sense of humour which really elevated Judith Kerr's children's books as unique. Thank you for reading this classic from my childhood with me, Baby Adam, I am so glad it was everything I remembered it to be.
"And that night Mog had a very good sleep. But the vet did not have a good sleep. The vet had a dream. It was a dream about wild animals. Mog had a dream too. She dreamt that she was a butterfly."
February 7, 2018
I've loved the books of Judith Kerr both as a child and as a teacher: beautiful, humorous illustrations and characters. While she is most famous for the perennially loved The Tiger Who Came to Tea, the Mog books were my favourite: I love them now even more because Mog is a great way of introducing growth mindset. She continually makes mistakes and causes trouble for her family, but her flaws are often what end up saving the day. Also, they are hilarious! Just wonderful.
August 12, 2018
The story teaches children about the importance of looking after their pets; if they are poorly they take care of them and take them to the vet. The book is also good for inspiring children to wane about different animals and the book can be used to encourage children to count; counting all the pets in the vet.
I would recommend this book because Mog’s behaviour near the end of the story brings drama to the book and keeps the reader engaged. I also enjoyed Judith Kerr’s idea of the animal chase, this brought excitement to the book and it shows the reader the emotions of how Mog must have been feeling to cause all the trouble with the other animals in the waiting room.
I would recommend this book because Mog’s behaviour near the end of the story brings drama to the book and keeps the reader engaged. I also enjoyed Judith Kerr’s idea of the animal chase, this brought excitement to the book and it shows the reader the emotions of how Mog must have been feeling to cause all the trouble with the other animals in the waiting room.
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November 8, 2019
I thought this was a very good book for young children. This is because it was well illustrated with colours throughout the book with not too complicated words or sentences. Moreover, it brought a ray of emotions including feeling sad for the cat and making children laugh when all the animals went wild. I think this is important in a book otherwise children may become bored.
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December 11, 2020
The audiobook is charming and very good at conjuring the images it lacks through this format. My daughter listened to this and while she’s only 2 and doesn’t quite follow the story properly without pictures, she loved the music and found it funny, and she picked up on some of the words and repeated them so she was very entertained!
January 7, 2021
Cartile lui Judith Kerr au parfumul copilariei. Sunt scrise cu umor si candoare. Cum se vede viata prin ochi de pisica? Ce o determina pe Mog sa faca boroboate si cum reactioneaza cei din jur la traznaile ei? O carte pe care copiii o vor adora, un personaj cu care se vor putea reintalni intrucat seria cu Mog este lunga :)
June 17, 2024
One day Mog was trying to catch a butterfly. She jumped high in the air. She jumped and jumped. Suddenly something happened to her paw. It was very sore.
Adding to our 'Mog' collection, this installment plays on the classic trope that animals, especially cats, hate going to the vet. Once again, Mog causes chaos which the v.e.t. will never forget!
Quaint and fun. 3 stars.
Adding to our 'Mog' collection, this installment plays on the classic trope that animals, especially cats, hate going to the vet. Once again, Mog causes chaos which the v.e.t. will never forget!
Quaint and fun. 3 stars.
March 1, 2022
Nice, simple book for children to enjoy and read.
The pictures are also really cute and funny and brightly illustrated.
The pictures are also really cute and funny and brightly illustrated.
January 3, 2019
The fact the vet didn't keep the door to his room closed really irritated me.
May 26, 2019
My favourite Mog book ❤️
July 12, 2020
A silly cat is causing a commotion in an animal clinic.
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August 11, 2020Book about a cat who hurts their paw and subsequently has to visit the vet. Really fun and humorous book with lovely illustrations. Good for KS1 children.
July 10, 2022
Funny. Similar to hairy Maclary rumpus at the vet
July 25, 2023
Poor Mog - and poor veterinarian who had to treat Mog!
August 10, 2023
Oh Mog - my Bella does not like the Vee Ee Tee either - so I get it.
December 19, 2024
Meeting minutes:
'Mog is a kitty'
'I love her so much!'
'The V.E.T was scary, but Mog was brave'
I also like Mog.
'Mog is a kitty'
'I love her so much!'
'The V.E.T was scary, but Mog was brave'
I also like Mog.
June 21, 2012
A somewhat predictable, but still cute story. Mog gets a thorn in her foot, and has to go to the vet. Like any cat Mog doesn't like being put in a cage, going in the car, or visiting the vet, and makes a fuss about all of it.
August 20, 2016
Judith Kerr's Mog books are always fun! The stories are simple, humorous, and heartfelt, and the illustrations capture the mood perfectly. Cats are notoriously bad patients at the vet, and in this book Mog proves she is no exception.
June 27, 2012
Prob my fave Mog book!
August 6, 2014
Mog played.Mog is hurt.And she played again.
August 2, 2014
Mog visits the VET and she doesn't like it ....
January 8, 2016
Another wonderful book by Judith Kerr. Mog hurts his paw and needs to go to the Vee Eee Tee or Vet! Fun story, beautiful illustrations and clever semi rhyming words.
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July 18, 2018Hi everyone! I'm working for a Russian website dedicated to children's books and children's reading. We've been building the English version of the website and recently published an article on Mog and the V.E.T. The author talks about the role of the illustrations in the book and how they help an adult to retell rather than to read a story. Here's the link if you wan to check it out: http://www.papmambook.ru/articles/3248/
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