133

PUSS CONVERSES WITH AN INTELLIGENT GRAY
DONKEY 136

PUSS MEETS A HAPPY FARMER BUT MISSES A GOOD
MEAL 139

PUSS HELPS A STRANGER CATCH A RUNAWAY PIG 142

PUSS HELPS A LITTLE BOY WHO IS IN TROUBLE 147

ILLUSTRATIONS

PUSS, JR., TRUDGED ALONG BRAVELY Page 17

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BUY WITH THE
MONEY?" PUSS ASKED " 27

PUSS JOINED IN THE CHASE TO HELP THE QUEEN " 37

OUT ON A LIMB, FROM WHICH HE DANGLED HIS
RED-TOPPED BOOTS " 47

"GOOD MORNING, MA'AM," SAID HE, LIFTING
HIS CAP POLITELY " 71

"AREN'T WE GREAT FRIENDS?" ASKED THE
MILLER " 89

"IF I'D AS MUCH MONEY AS I COULD SPEND" " 107

"I GUESS YOU ARE RIGHT, MY GOOD SIR," SAID
PUSS " 127

"TO MARKET, TO MARKET, TO BUY A FAT PIG" " 143

THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS, JR.

PUSS IN BOOTS, JR., BEGINS HIS TRAVELS

[Illustration]

Puss had made a great discovery in the garret. It seems strange that he
should have found something more important than a rat or mouse, but he
had. From the moment he had seen the picture-book he was a changed cat!

"Yes," he said, holding it a little to one side, so that the light from
the small attic window would show the picture more distinctly, "this is
certainly a portrait of my father."

It was the story of "Puss in Boots," and on the cover was a beautiful
picture of a cat wearing a magnificent pair of boots with shiny red
tops. Puss sat down and opened the book. The further he read the more
excited he became. When he had finished he jumped up and, proudly
looking at the portrait of his handsome father, he exclaimed, with
flashing eyes, "From to-day I shall call myself 'Puss in Boots, Junior';
I shall go forth in search of adventure, just as my father did, and I
shall not rest until I have found him!"

He looked around to see if he could find a pair of boots like those in
the picture.

To his delight he saw in a corner the very pair he wanted, and they had
red tops, too. He slipped them on and looked at himself in an old
cracked mirror which stood against the