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Lonely little witch Margaret overdoes a friend-summoning spell and ends up with a whole clowder of cats. Soon, an overwhelmed Margaret runs the vacuum to "make [the cats] disappear"--but then finds herself missing her feline friends. All ends happily in a snuggly reunion scene. Understated text heightens the humor of the textured colored-pencil, gouache, and watercolor illustrations, which show a veritable whirlwind of cats wreaking havoc on Margaret's cozy cottage.