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{{larger|PUSS IN BOOTS.
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THERE was a miller who had three sons,
and when he died he divided what he pos-
sessed among them in the following manner:
---Не gave his mill to the eldest, his ass to
the second, and his cat to the youngest.
Each of the brothers accordingly took
what belonged to him without the help of an
attorney, who would soon have brought their
little fortune to nothing in law-expenses.
The poor young fellow who had nothing
but the cat complained that he was hardly
used : “My brothers," said he, “by join-
ing their stocks together, may do very well
in the world; but for me, when I have eaten
my cat, and made a fur-cap of his skin, I
may soon die of hunger!"
The cat, which all this time sat listening just
inside the door of a cupboard, now ventured
to come out, and addressed him as follows:
"Do not thus afflict yourself, my good
master; you have only to give me a bag,
and get a pair of boots made for me, so
that I may scamper through the dirt and
the brambles, and you shall see that you are
not so ill provided for as you imagine.”
Though the cat's master did not much
