The poor young fellow was quite comfortless at having so poor a lot. “My brothers,” said he, “may get their living handsomely enough, by joining their stocks together but for my part, when I have eaten up my Cat, and made me a muff of his skin, I must die with hunger.” The eldest had the Mill, the second the Ass, and the youngest nothing but the Cat. They would soon have eaten up all the poor patrimony.

The partition was soon made. Neither the scrivener nor attorney were sent for. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.There was a miller, who left no more estate to the three sons he had, than his Mill, his Ass, and his Cat. This classic fairytale gets a visual update-as a read-aloud book with cut-out illustrations that can be used to create an enchanting play of shadows.

In this way, the cut-outs truly make the story come alive for its young readers. These illustrations not only give a contemporary look to the 200-year-old narrative, but they can also be transformed into a dancing play of shadows when held in front of a light. All of the key scenes are depicted by an image packed with detail and fantasy-the purchase of the boots, the transformation of the evil magician into a mouse, the happy-end castle wedding of the miller and the princess. Each page reveals another step in the process by which the sly cat changes the future of his master for the better. Because the book can be completely unfolded, its cut-out illustrations can be projected as shadows onto walls and experienced in an entirely new way. In this edition of the Brothers Grimm fairytale, the classic story is given an added dimension. Almost everyone knows the cunning, boot-wearing feline who helps a poor miller achieve a life of riches. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Hardcover.

Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault