Tale Summary
A miller's youngest son is left with his father's cat after his passing. Seeing his new master is dissatisfied with his inheritance, the cat requests some boots and a sack and departs into the countryside to prove his worth. The cat hunts numerous animals and presents them to the king, saying the game is gift from his master, the Marquis de Carabas. When the king takes a drive along the river with his daughter, the cat plans for the king and his master to cross paths. The cat then hides his master's clothes and convinces the king that his master was drowning and robbed, to which the king replies with new, fancy clothes for the "Marquis" and asks for him to join him in his carriage. The cat runs ahead and threatens all the people working the land along the king's path to tell the king that they work for the Marquis. The cat finally comes to an ogre's luxurious castle, where he asks the ogre to turn into a mouse. The cat then kills and eats him, and presents the castle to the king as belonging to his master. The king is so impressed with the Marquis' wares that he offers him his daughter's hand in marriage. The cat becomes a lord with fancy clothes.
Fairy Tale Title
Puss in Boots
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
None listed
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
None listed
Common Tale Type
Puss in Boots
Tale Classification
ATU 545B
Page Range of Tale
pp. 99-112
Full Citation of Tale
“Puss in Boots.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 99-112.
Original Source of the Tale
Charles Perrault
Tale Notes
In addition to claiming theives stole his master's clothes while he was in the river, the cat exclaims that his master is drowning to attempts to get the attention of the king.
Research and Curation
Maire Volz, 2020
Book Title
Fairy Tales in Easy Words
Book Author/Editor(s)
None listed
Illustrator(s)
None listed
Publisher
McLoughlin Brothers, Inc.
Date Published
[1923]
Decade Published
1920-1929
Publisher City
Springfield, Massachusetts
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Available on the CU Digital Library
Book Notes
None
More tales like this
“The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 62-71.
“Puss in Boots.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 31-36.
“Puss in Boots.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 99-112.
"Puss in Boots." George Cruikshank's Fairy Library, George Cruikshank, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s], pp. 1-27.
Perrault, Charles. "Le maitre chat, ou le chat botté." Histoires, ou, Contes du temps passé, Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes, 1700, pp. 63-80.
