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ss-in-Boots
There was once a poor miller who owned nothing more in the world than his
MILL, HIS DONKEY, AND HIS CAT. HIS MILL WAS GOOD FOR GRINDING MEAL,HIS DONKEY
WAS GOOD FOR CARRYING THE SACKS TO MARKET, AND THE CAT. . . WELL, HE WAS
GOOD FOR CATCHING MICE BUT NOTHING MORE.

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When the old miller finally To THE SECOND SON,
PASSED AWAY, HE DIVIDED HIS y HE LEFT HIS DONKEY.
PROPERTY AMONG HIS THREE /
SONS. TO THE FIRST SON, /'
HE LEFT HIS MILL.^ /

kND TO THIRD SON, HE LEFT ONLY THE

WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME? I HAVE
Only a cat. i shall starve / i shai
Dl E/— WELL', WHAt DO YOU FIND SO
Funny about that, puss? .
OH, NOTHING, MASTER. BUT I WAS JUST
Thinking — you could eat me up to
KEEP FROM STARVING, AND MAKE A FUR
MUFF OF MY SKIN TO KEEP YOUR HANDS
WINTER.
I WOULD NOT DO SUCH A
THING TO YOU, PUSS AND
BESIDES, AFTER YOU WERE
GONE, I WOULD NOT HAVE
ANYTHING LEFT.

WELL, THEN,
I HAVE A
BETTER IDEA.
BUY ME A
BURLAP BAG
AND A PAIR
OF LEATHER
'—l BOOTS.
 YOU MAY BE J 1 HAVE SEEN YOU PERFORM SOME
WHEN YOU GIVE A CRAZY CAT, CLEVER TRICKS TO CATCH THE MICI
ME THESE BUT. . . I— IN MY FATHER'S MILL.
THINGS, YOU
. WILL SEE,

YOU CAUGHT FIVE MICE '

 I HIS DASHING
pQR HIS 'fOUNG■" *!£££
1"togowth
■a wiaT AND CfePE

NAME FOR YOU, YOUNG

MASTER— MARQUIS
OF CARABAS.
THE MARQUIS OF DO JUST AS I V-BOOTS SETHIS
CARABAS? BUT I SAY, AND YOU THE OPEN
AM ONLY A POOR WILL BECOME
MILLER'S SON. THE MARQUIS
OF CARABAS.
I HAVE GREAT
PLANS FOR
YOU.

NOW, A LITTLE TASTY BRAN AND

SOW-THISTLE TO LINE THE r—
BOTTOM OF MY BAG. 1
 BUT NOT TOO DEAD TO And sure enough, a family of young
•HEAR THE SCAMPERING RABBITS, TOO' YOUNG TO KNOW THE TRICES OF
OF RABBITS IN THE-jrT THE WORLD, CAME FROLICKING BY THE
FIELD-, f— CUNNING CAT.

One BUNNY'S WHISKERS TWITCHED

AS HE SNIFFED THE SWEET SMELL
OF HERBS IN THE BOTTOM OF
PUSS-IN-BOOT'S BAG.
 ) WITHOUT THINKING < BUNNIES
REN'T VERY GOOD AT THINKING),
HE LEAPT INTO THE OPEN BAG.

THERE, MY FRIEND. YOU

A TASTY DISH FIT FOR A
' ONE TO TASTE
DISH f JTT70;
 I HAVE BROUGHT YOU,
SIR, A DELICIOUS
RABBIT SENT BY MY
NOBLE LORD,THE
MARQUIS OF CARABAS.

And LATER THAT DAY, PUSS TOLD

MASTER FOR HIS THE STORY TO HlS DOUBTING MASTER.
KINDNESS.
"THANK YOUR
MASTER," SAID PUSS. I DON'T
HIS MAJESTY. BELIEVE A
WORD OP IT t
 ANOTHER MY MASTER KNOWS
GIFT HOW MUCH YOUR.
\ AGAINWENTH T pluMP FROM THE MAJESTY ENJOYS A
MARQUIS FINE FEAST. HIS
ONLY WISH IS TO
SERVE AND PLEASE
YOU.

I WILL SHOW HIM I AM

GRATEFUL . TAKE THIS
PURSE TO YOUR f - r J
MASTER AS A W*
GIFT FROM ME. J

IMS TIME WENT BY, MORE GIFTS AND

MORE GOLD PASSED BETWEEN THE
KING AND THE MARQUIS OF CAR ABAS.
AND THE CAT AND THE KING SOON
BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS. f Wf ^
 (HE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS
IN ALL THE WORLD/"
HMMMM, I MUSTLEARN WHERE
HIS MAJESTY IS TARING HIS J-'
BBS--1 DAUGHTER.. . r~^

1 PuSS-IN-BOOTS THEN HURRIED

..— j BACK TO HIS MASTER .
BUT WHY? WHY SHOULD |
CAN YOU TELL I BATHE IN THE RIVER? J
I THE KING WILL f THE ROAD T
BE BY THE RIVER, f
■ FORTUNE IS MADE.
 HURRY/ OFF WltH 1
' YOUR CLOTHES p
AND INTO THE
WATER/QUICK/ J
f B-- BUT IT'S 1
CHILLY.
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pill
f f PUSS/PUSS/WHERE )
N0W T0 H,DE THESE RAGS 1
ANDH0PE HE W,LLNEVER •/ rV
WANT 'TOCOME OUT. j
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 FEW MINUTES LATER,THE KING'S
CARRIAGE CAME INTO VIEW.

PUSS/
PUSS/

HURRY,GUARDS/ TO HIS RESCUE/ ^ND SO THE KING'S OWN GUARDS RAN TO

MY GENEROUS FRIEND, THE ’HE RESCUE OF THE POOR MILLER'S SON
MARQUIS, MUST NOT BE LEFT
TO DROWN. --
 i few Minutes* the rescue was made .
MY LORD,WE
ARE SORRY ROBE TO HE SHIVERS WITH
TO BE SO COVER HIS THE COLD. WHERE
ROUGH. EXCELLENCY. ARE THE MARQUIS'
CLOTHES?

WHAT HAS HAPPENED? MY LORD AND I HAVE BEEI

WHERE ARE THE AH, ATERRIBLE ATTACKED BY A GANG OP
MARSU IS'CLOTHES? THING HAS HAPPENED, HIGHWAVMEN. THIEVES/
YOUR MAJESTY. HIS ROGUES/ MURDERERS/
CLOTHES HAVE BEEN
STOLEN.
|t happened this way.—my lord A BAND OF ARMED VILLAINS LEAPT FROM
AND I WERE TAKING A PEACEFUL RIDE BEHIND THE ROCKS AND ATTACKED US.
ALONG THE RIVERSIDE, WHEN
SUDDENLY. ..

"We FOUGHT. AH, WHAT A STRUGGLE

MY YOUNG MASTER PUT UP/ LIKE A
WILD CAT/ BUT THERE WERE TOO
MANY OF THEM.

They stole all he had, even his 1

CLOTHES. THEY WOULD HAVE MURDERED
HIM, IF HE HAD NOT ESCAPED INTO THE
RIVER-BUT HE CANNOT SWIM/"
HE'S VERY SMART, MY PUSS. IF I PUSS WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE
DON'T DIE OF THE COLD, HE MAY LOVELY PRINCESS WAS SECRETLY ADMIRING
MAKE ME RICH, AFTER ALL. HIS HANDSOME MASTER.

RETURN TO THE CASTLE AND TELL MY

LORD OF THE ROYAL WARDROBE TO GIVE AFTER ALL THE FINE
YOU A COMPLETE SUIT OF CCOTHES FOR GIFTS THE MARQUIS HAS
THE MARQUIS. I- GIVEN TO ME, IT IS A
LITTLE THING I DO TO
REPAY HIM.
C<S? cQSa ”
 IN A FEW MOMENTS, THE KING
WILL PASS BY IN HIS CARRIAGE.
WHEN HE ASKS YOU WHOSE LAND'
THIS IS, YOU MUST ANSWER "THE
MARQUIS OF CARA BAS." DO YOU
UNDERSTAND£

THE MARQUIS
OF CAR ABAS ?
PuSS RACED AHEAD, TELLING ALL THE And wherever the kins
PEASANTS THAT THEY WOULD BE CHOPPED AS ' stopped to Ask . . . (
PINE AS HERBS FOR THE POT IF THEY DID NOT
TELL THE KINO THAT THE LAND BELONGED
s"'^ to the marquis ofcarabas.

Before the castle of the wicked :

magician, puss-in-boots stopped

The peasants f this land belongs'! pH

ANSWERED. . . ) TO THE MARQUIS
/1 OF CAR ABAS. j r
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CAT CONQUER
A CASTLE ?
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Wow PUSS-IN-BOOTS KNEW THAT-NO ONE
WOULD LOWER THE GATE ACROSS THE /'H
f As THE SOLID / ^
MOAT JUST FOR A CAT, SO, . . f LOWERED . . /= _ ^'

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When no damsel in distress could
BE FOUND, UP WENT THE GATE.
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And PUSS ENTERED THE CASTLE !■.

^[ MAYBE IT WAS 1
I THOUGHT I I 1 JUST THE WIND. 1
HEARD A
WOMAN \ V—yr-
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callingJD^Q^ a
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FEW MINUTES LATER.
AH,THERE HE IS/THE MAGICIAN
WHO OWNS THIS CASTLE AND ALL
THE LANDS I HAVE CLAIMED
FOR THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS.
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YOUR EXCELLENCY/ PLEASE FORGIVE MY
BOLDNESS IN APPEARING BEFORE YOU
LIKE THIS, BUT I HAVE COME MANY
' .i. --1 HUNDREDS OF MILES
\\ FOR JUST ONE LOOK
li;, ray [ at you.

I HEARD YOU WERE THE

GREATEST MAGICIAN IN
All the world, and
I wanted to see for
MYSELF IF IT WAS TRUE.

IMPOSSIBLE/
I DO NOT
BELIEVE YOU
CAN TURN
YOURSELF INTO
A LION, SIR.
magician
^ SCARED POOR PUSS his

I BELIEVE YOU/ I
BELIEVE YOU /PLEASE/
TURN BACK TO YOUR
KIND OLD SELF/PLEASE/
HO/HO/HO/IMPOSSIBLE,
EH? FRIGHTENED YOU,
DIDN'T I, KITTY ? j-

)0 DIFFICULT / THERE
[THEN I AM LUCKY, NOTHING I CANNOT
INDEED. THERE IS DO/ WATCH/
JUST ONE MORE
THING, YOUR ’
EXCELLENCY. I
. HAVE HEARD THAT
YOU CAN ALSO
BECOME A WEE, *
SMALL ANIMAL
LIKE A MOUSE OR
A RAT. BUT THIS,
I AM SURE, WOULD
BE TOO DIFFICULT
FOR YOU. I-'
IA TWINKLING, THE BOASTFUL MAGICIAN TURNED HIMSELF INTO A TINY MOUSE .
AH,MY FRIEND, YOU MAY BE
THE GREATEST MAGICIAN IN
ALL THE WORLD,BUT...

: GREATEST

%ND THAT WAS THE E

OF THE WICKED OLD
ATTENTION,GUARDS/ PREPARE IrIoW THE SERVANTS AND THE GUARDS
TO WELCOME'THE KING AND WERE SO HAPPY TO BE RID OF THEIR
YOUR NEW MASTER, THE WICKED MASTER, THEY GLADLY OBEYED
GREAT MARQUIS OFCARABAS/ PUSS' ORDERS.

I THE ROYAL CARRIAGE ARRIVED.

WELCOME, YOUR MAJESTY
AND YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,
TO THE HOME Of MY LORD
AND MASTER, THE MARQUIS
OF CARABAS.
Everyone was pleased with the handsome new lord of the castle, and the
FINEST FEAST THAT HAD EVER BEEN PREPARED IN THE KINGDOM WAS SERVED.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN IS THE BEAUTIFUL
SO WELL ENTERTAINED. PRINCESS WILLING
MY LORD OFCARABAS, TO MARRY ME?
IT WILL BE YOUR OWN
FAULT IF YOU DO NOT I"
BECOME MY SON-IN-J
■—i law.

.VERYONE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

kND SO, A FEW DAYS LATER,THE MILLER'S

Ibl AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS
&LS.THE WORLD WERE MARRIED, AND...
 There was once a fox who thought it would be
FUN TO PLAY A JOKE ON HIS FRIEND, THE STORK.
WILL YOU HAVE DINNER WITH If I WOULD BE

m ME TONIGHT, DEAR STORK ? U DELIGHTED.

I WILL HAVE A VERY TASTY }
SURPRISE FOR YOU ■Jgr~W }

Put THE TASTY xBP

SURPRISE WAS SERVED
IN A PLATE SO FLAT THE
WING-BEAKED STORK
COULDN’T POSSIBLY EAT !

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF

THIS? DELICIOUS,ISN'T IT?

I WONT LET HIN

KNOW I HAVEN”
TOUCHED IT. r
■When'TfiE fox arrivedat the
STORK’S HOME, HE FOUND HIS i-
FRIEND HAD A SURPRISE r
'FOR HIM, TOO. j-'
EAT HEARTY,
DEAR FOX .

DON’T BE A POOR SPORT, MY

FRIEND. IF YOU CANNOT TAKE
JOKE, IT IS BETTER NOT TO
MAKE ONE YOURSELF.

THIS IS A FINE WAY TO TREAT A

HUNGRY GUEST. I CAN'T EVEN
— mum. I GET A NIBBLE .
It has webbed feet, but it is not even
REMOTELY RELATED TO A WATER BIRD.
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