Then he rose up on his hind legs, slung the bag over his shoulder, and marched down the road.

When he came to a field where there were lots of rabbit holes, he picked some dandelion leaves, stuffed them in the bag and made a rabbit trap. Before long, a plump rabbit poked its head out of a hole, hopped into the bag, and began to eat the leaves.

Then that clever puss slung the bag over his shoulder, marched off to the king's palace and gave the rabbit to the king. Your majesty, said puss, bowing very low. Here is a present from my master, the Duke of Carrabas. Then the King said, "I thank your master the Duke of Carrabas. Then off went puss with an empty bag over his shoulder.

Next morning, he marched down the road again. When he came to a cornfield where there were lots of partridges, he picked some corn, dropped it in the bag, and made a partridge trap, and that clever puss caught two plump partridges and took them to the king.

The next morning, Puss said to the lad, "Today you must come with me and do exactly as I tell you. "

So they marched off side by side, until they came to a river that flowed right by the king's palace. "Every afternoon," said Puss, "the king goes for a drive in the country with his daughter, who is the most beautiful princess in the world."

"Today, you shall meet this princess, and then you shall marry her. But first, take off your shabby old clothes and jump in the river. "

So, the lad took off his clothes, jumped in the River and swam around, but Puss picked everything up, stuffed it in his bag, and hid the bag under a large stone.

Before long, the royal coach came bowling down the road.

"Help, help!" shouted puss, "waving a paw." When the king saw the wonderful cat who had brought him such lovely presents, he stopped the coach and called out, "What is the matter?"

"Your majesty," said Puss, "while my Master, the Duke of Carrabas, was swimming, some robbers came and stole his clothes. And now he has nothing to wear."

"Nothing to wear," said the King, "that won't do!" And he ordered one of his guards to go and fetch some splendid new clothes from the palace.

When the guard came back the clothes, the lad climbed out of the river and put them on. And then he looked so handsome and grand, just like a real duke.

He bowed to the king and the beautiful princess. And he said, "your majesty, I thank you for your kindness." "And I thank you Duke of Carrabas for the presents you sent me, said the king." Now will you join the princess and myself on our ride through the country?

So the lad climbed into the coach and they were off. And puss, what about him? He ran ahead until he came to an enormous cornfield where some men were busy cutting the corn. Puss marched up to them and said, "Listen, when the King comes by you must tell them that this field, and the land around it, belong to the Duke of Carrabas. "if you don't, I shall chop you into mincemeat."

When the royal coach came bowling down the road the King saw the enormous cornfield. He called out, "who owns this field?" The men sang out, "This field and all the land around it belong to the Duke of Carrabas.

The king thought, hmmm this duke must be rich.

And puss what about him? He ran on until he came to a huge castle which belonged to a fierce ogre.

He marched up to the door, took hold of the knocker and banged it down.

"Bam bam bam" the window opened. The ogre stuck his head out and shouted, "Who's there?" A stranger, answered puss, one who has heard of your mighty powers and wants to meet you.

The ogre came clumping down the stairs and opened the door. Puss stepped in and followed him into the great hall. "I have heard," said Puss, "that you can change yourself into any sort of animal, an elephant, a lion, anything. " True, said the ogre and hummphhh, he was a lion. Puss was so scared he jumped on to the mantelpiece and hung. on tight and that was not easy with those boots on his feet. Then hrummm, the lion was on ogre again.

Amazing said puss, you scared me then, just a little and he jumped down from the mantelpiece. I have also heard that you can change into a tiny animal like a mouse bit that must be impossible for a huge ogre like you. "Impossible" shouted the ogre, he was angry "what do you mean impossible?"

The, Hrrrmmm, he was a mouse running across the floor.

Puss was quick. One big leap and he caught the mouse and he gobbled it up. A few moments later, puss heard the sound of coach wheels and the clippity clop of horse's hooves. So he marched outside. He bowed and said, "welcome to my castle of my master, the Duke of Carrabas. The king looked up at this castle and the thought, Hmm, this Duke must be very rich. Then puss led them into the great hall. It was crammed full of wonderful things and the king thought, hmmmm, this duke must be very, very rich.

He said, "Duke of Carrabas if you want to marry my daughter you have only to ask.

The lad looked at the beautiful princess and she looked at him. And they both smiled.

So he asked him to marry him

After that, there was a wedding.