One day Tom walked around the palace.
Cat was hiding in his pocket.
"I love being the royal wizard," Tom said.
"I love the palace too," Cat said.
"There are lots of mice.
And Cook gives me treats."
"Too bad you make the queen sneeze," Tom said.
Just then Tom spotted the royal carriage.
The royal family was going on a trip.
Tom went to say good-bye.
The king and queen waved to everyone.
"Good-bye!" called the queen.
"See you in two days," said the king.
Dirk was carrying a trunk.
He bumped into Tom hard.
"I'm going with them," Dirk whispered.
"But when I come back . . ."
Tom gulped.
"I'm going to tell everyone about that cat!"
Dirk put his trunk on a big pile.
Then he climbed into the carriage.
"Dirk wants to get rid of me," Tom thought.
"This time his plan is going to work.
What am I going to do?"
Soon the carriage was gone.
The servants were happy.
"We still have our work," said Cook.
"But we can have fun too!"
"Let's have a picnic," Gardener said.
"Let's take a nap," the stable boy said.
Tom walked away.
"Cat," he whispered.
"We have to stop Dirk!"