Christmas was coming. Out came the tree dressed up in finery splendid to see. Trinkets & tinsel with baubles & bows a mouse with a hat & a very red nose... So begins Lynley Dodds cracking Christmas tale told in her usual rollicking rhythmic rhyme. Festive preparations are being made in Slinky Malinkis house & the rapscallion mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree. With its reindeer ribbons baubles & bells its too tempting a treat for Slinky not to investigate. So Slinky Malinki with mischievous glee creeps out from the shadows to climb up the tree...