TIGER SKATES FOR THE GOLD Written and Illustrated by WANDA LLAMAS This is a story about cats who Ice Skate and compete in the World Figure Skating Championships. Can cats really ice skate? Of course they can. And they can do all of the other human things that we can do. Such as walk and talk and work in a vineyard. And of course, fall in love. They can do all of this because we love them. And therefore, we believe that they can do anything. The cats immortalized in this story are our three cats. Noche, Dia and Tiger They were part of our family for seventeen years. The waterfront vineyard on Stretch Island mentioned in the story was where we all lived and loved and toiled for all those years. Cats and Ice Skating have been my passion for many years. In this story I have just combined two of my favorite things. The World Figure Skating Championship was held In Vancouver, Canada in March of 2001 This is the setting of the story. We were there. END: Wanda Llamas