Lily finally gets a pet her mother says will be no trouble – a kitty.  She slowly warms to the cute little kitty and leaves it alone for a moment.  She is unaware a large tiger is missing from the zoo.  Illustrations show this large cat prowling around Lily’s home causing all kinds of catastrophes.  Lily blames each incident on her innocent little kitty.  Readers are aware of the tiger lurking around while Lily remains oblivious.  After cleaning the last of the messes inside, Lily takes her kitten outside.  The dog from next door scares her and she yells for help.  The tiger pokes his head over the fence and frightens the dog back to his own yard.  Lily thinks her kitty saved her!  As they go back into the house to relax, the reader sees all sorts of zoo animals in the back yard.  The end pages show a newspaper with articles of animals escaping from the zoo and being located in Lily’s neighborhood.  Future adventures in store???