f Mr. Tom Puss And The Rats

Mrs. Puss stayed at home, minded and played with young Master John
Puss, Miss Mary Puss, and Baby Puss, while Mr. Puss went out to get
them something to eat. He went into a barn, tied a piece of cheese to
the tip of his tail, and put it through a hole in a door, thinking
that he would catch a rat that way. Some very knowing rats on the
other side of the door got a piece of string, tied it to his tail,
pulled all together, and made Mr. Puss me-ow very loud, and he found
that instead of his catching a rat, the rats had caught him. Mrs.
Puss, finding that Mr. Puss did not come home, put little John Puss
and Mary Puss to bed without any supper, and then sang little deaf
Baby Puss off to sleep by means of the ear trumpet. The rats ate
their supper off Mr. Puss's tail, and then let him go. You see what a
fine long tail he had when he put it through the hole to catch rats
in that foolish manner; and look at his short tail now, in the corner
of the page.

Wasn't He A Foolish Puss!!!

[Illustration: Kitten Using Ear-Trumpet to Listen to Adult cat.]

[Illustration: Rare Fun. Mice have trapped cat's tail.]

[Illustration: Kittens Dancing to Violin Played by Cat.]

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Puss In Boots

Once upon a time there was a miller who had three sons. When he was
dying he left each of them a legacy. To his eldest son he left his
mill; to his second his ass; and to his youngest his cat. The poor
boy was very sad when he found that he had nothing belonging to him
but a cat; but, to his great surprise, puss jumped on the table and
said in a friendly manner: "Do not be sad, my dear master, only buy
me a pair of boots and a bag and I'll provide for you and myself." So
the miller's son, who had a shilling or two in his pocket, bought a
smart little pair of boots and a bag, and gave them to puss, who put
some bran and sow-thistles into his bag, opened the mouth of it, and
lay down in a rabbit warren. A foolish young rabbit jumped into it;
puss drew the string and soon killed it. He went immediately to the
palace with it. He found the king and queen sitting on the throne,
and, bowing low, he laid the rabbit at the king's feet, saying:
"Please, your majesty, my master, the Marquis de Carabas, has sent
you a rabbit from his warren, as a mark of respect." "I am much
obliged to the Marquis," said the king, and he ordered the rabbit to
be taken to the cook, and a piece of money