This is a children's book about Bandit the Black cat. Bandit has always enjoyed the run of his own and next door's garden. He is proud of his black fur and feels himself to be the top cat in Sunnyside Close. But Bandit is getting older and today starts badly with a passerby admiring another Cat's tail. It gets worse when new neighbours, including a young black cat, move in next door. Bandit has lost more than his second garden. He no longer feels King of the Close. His territory is shrinking but he still has his wall.