“I’VE LEARNT THAT WHAT WE WANT IS SELDOM WHAT WE NEED,
AND WHAT WE NEED IS ALMOST NEVER WHAT WE WANT.”

THIS IS THE TALE OF A CAT WISE IN THE WAYS OF ZEN WHO HEARS OF A SOLITARY ANCIENT PINE, DEEP IN A MAPLE FOREST, UNDER WHICH INFINITE WISDOM MAY BE FOUND.

SO BEGINS A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY.

ALONG THE WAY HE MEETS A VIVID CAST OF ANIMALS: FROM AN ANXIOUS MONKEY AND A TORTOISE TIRED OF LIFE, TO A TIGER STRUGGLING WITH ANGER, A CONFUSED WOLF-CUB AND A COVETOUS CROW.

EACH HAS STORIES TO TELL AND LESSONS TO SHARE.

BUT AFTER A SURPRISE ENCOUNTER WITH A PLAYFUL KITTEN, THE CAT QUESTIONS EVERYTHING...