Written in both English and Russian, it tells of a settlement of mice threatened by the ominous shadow of a big cat.

While warning mice on a beach, the original mouse's hot-air balloon gets struck by a bolt of lightning, sending him into the ocean below.

He still proceeds to warn sea creatures that the cat is coming, one of them being a large fish who carries the mouse to a nearby town.

[3][non-primary source needed] Judith Gloyer of the School Library Journal wrote, "Workable as a comic-twist story, [Here Comes the Cat!]

"Tiny details in the pictures and word balloons," she said, "make this better for one-on-one sharing than for group study sessions.