It's a collection of children's stories. Possibly bedtime stories? The only one I can remember is about a baker's cat. The town find him annoying. One day he drinks yeasty water that the Baker left out then sleeps in the sun and grows huge. The town has a dike and it springs a leak but the giant cat lays down in front of it until they can fix it so he's a hero?? They bring him food and scratch under his chin with pitchforks to keep him in place.
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Most details are very similar to The Baker’s Cat by Joan Aitken. You can find it in ‘A necklace of raindrops and other stories’.
A Necklace of Raindrops?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271310.A_Necklace_of_Raindrops_and_Other_Stories
That sounds familiar, I think you’re right! Thank you both so much!