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Charles Perrault
Cat in Boots
A miller inherited all his possessions from three sons, and that was not much. The oldest got a mill, the middle son got a donkey, and the youngest got nothing but a cat.
The poor young miller's son was very upset that he had so little.
"My brothers," he said, "will make a decent piece of bread together." And when I eat this cat and make gloves from its skin, I will only be able to starve to death.
The cat, who heard it all but pretended not to, said in all seriousness:
- Don't worry my lord. Just give me a sack and a pair of shoes made especially for me so that I can run over brush and mud, and you will soon see that your share of the inheritance is not so bad.
The owner of the cat did not really expect anything from these promises, but for the last penny he bought the cat what he asked for. After all, he had seen more than once in the mill how a cat used clever tricks to catch rats and mice - more than once it pretended to be dead, or hung on its hind legs, and even hid in food.
As soon as the cat got what he asked for, he put on his shoes gallantly, threw the bran and a few leaves of the young dandelion into the sack, hung it over his shoulder and went towards the meadow where there were many rabbits. He approached the rabbit hole, opened the bag, lay down dead himself and waited for some little bunny to eat what he had put in the bag, not yet aware of this world's insidiousness.
The cat had barely gone to bed when the little bunny leaned out of the burrow and wanted to check what was in the bag. The cat was just waiting for it, jumped on the sack, tightened the strings and the bunny had no way out.
The cat swung the sack over his back and went straight to the royal court and asked to speak to his majesty. He was shown the way to the royal chamber. The cat entered, bowed deeply to the king and said:
"My lord, I brought you a rabbit from my master's estate, the Marquis de Carabas, for that is what he liked to call his master." "The marquis ordered me to give you this gift from him, ladies."
"Tell your lord," replied the king, "thank you, for he has given me great pleasure."
Another time, a cat hid in the crop and captured two partridges. He put them in a sack and then went to present them to the king as he did with the rabbit. The king accepted the gift with great pleasure and ordered to thank the Marquis de Carabas.
The cat's master game lasted for two or three months, when he brought the king a gift of more and more animals. One day, when he knew that the king was on the river with his daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, he said to his master:
"If you follow my advice, your fate will change." You just go to the river and take a bath, leave the rest to me.
The Marquis de Carabas did what the cat advised him without wondering what or why.
When he was taking a bath, the king in his carriage passed by, and the cat began to cry loudly and shout:
- Help! Help! My Lord Marquis de Carabas is drowning!
Hearing the noise, the king stuck his head out the window. When he noticed that it was the calling of the cat, which so often brought him gifts, he immediately ordered the guards to help the Marquis de Carabas.
As the awning was lifted from the water, the cat approached the carriage.
"How lucky you have just passed by," he said, bowing deeply. - But what is this! He suddenly exclaimed. - Thieves! They stole my master's clothes when he went to bathe! The cat shouted loudly, while he hid his things himself under a large rock.
The king immediately sent a court to bring the most beautiful outfit for the honorable Marquis de Carabas.
The king received the guest with great courtesy, and the beautiful outfit added to his beauty and dignity. The royal daughter cast hidden glances at the Marquis and soon she was in love with him.
The king invited the marquis to his carriage for a ride together, and the cat, delighted that his plan was beginning to be realized, ran ahead.
He encountered peasants mowing a meadow and said to them:
- Mowers! If you do not want all of you to be chopped into small pieces, tell the king that the meadow you are mowing belongs to the noble Marquis de Carabas.
Passing by the meadow, the king did not hesitate to ask the mowers who the meadow belongs to.
"To the noble Marquis de Carabas," replied the frightened peasants.
"Beautiful property," the king said appreciatively to the marquis.
"And yes, my lord," replied the Marquis de Carabas. - As you can see, this meadow gives a good harvest every year.
Meanwhile, the cat marched ahead. He encountered reapers in the field and called out to them:
- People who mow the crops. The king will be passing by soon. When he asks you who owns this wheat field, you are to answer Marquis de Karabas, Your Majesty. If you answer otherwise, you will be chopped into tiny pieces.
The king, who was passing by after a while, asked the reapers to whom it belonged.
"To our Lord Marquis de Carabas," they replied in chorus, and the king again congratulated the Marquis.
The cat, who ran the lead all the time, asked all the people he met to respond in the same way, and the king was amazed at how the Marquis de Carabas had extensive possessions.
Puss in Boots finally reached a beautiful castle, the master of which was an evil but rich ogre. All the lands through which the king passed belonged to him. The cat, who had already gathered information about the habits and skills of this ogre, asked to speak to him saying that he could not pass by this magnificent castle and not bow to its owner.
The ogre accepted him politely as soon as the ogre could do so and asked him to sit down.
"I was assured," said the cat, "that you have the gift of turning into whatever creature you want." Can you become a lion or an elephant, for example?
"It's true," he replied briskly, "and to make sure you are about to see me become a lion."
The cat was so scared by the sight of the lion that in the blink of an eye it climbed the gutter, which was not easy in shoes, which are of little use for walking on roofs. After a while, the ogre returned to its natural form, the cat went downstairs and admitted that he had eaten fear healthy.
"I was assured," he said, "but it's hard to believe that you can also take the form of small creatures, such as a mouse or a rat." I find it impossible.
- Impossible? Cried the ogre. - You'll find out soon.
And at the same moment he turned into a mouse that was running across the floor. The cat just waited for it, caught up with the mouse in one leap and ate it.
Meanwhile, the king, who noticed that he was passing by a beautiful castle, thought to go inside. The cat heard the rattle of the royal carriage and ran to meet him.
"Greetings, sir, to the castle of the Marquis de Carabas," he exclaimed.
- How's that? The king exclaimed. - And this lock belongs to you, the awning? What a beautiful courtyard! Let's go inside, if you please!
The marquis extended his hand to the young princess, and they followed the king who went first. They entered the great chamber, where they found a magnificent feast laid out, which the ogre had prepared for his friends. They were supposed to visit him today, but having found out that the king was in the castle, they did not dare to go inside.
The king, as much as his daughter, who had lost her mind completely, was charmed by the extraordinary virtues of the Marquis de Carabas. Moreover, seeing what great goods he had, he said:
"It only depends, my dear Marquis, whether you become my son-in-law!"
The marquess bowed deeply several times and accepted the honor that the king had done for him. He married the princess on the same day.
The cat, on the other hand, became a nobleman and chased mice just for the fun of it.
