frippp: Puss-in-Boots ran on in advance of the King's carriage
telling all the reapers in the cornfields to say that their
master was the Marquis of Cariba and that the wicked
ogre's castle was their master's castle. Having done this
he hastened on to the ogre's castle himself.

frippp: On the following morning Puss-in-Boots took his master
for a bathe in the river, and while his master was in the
water he rolled up his clothes in a bundle and threw them
to the bottom of the river, but promised to get him a
better suit of clothes if he would only wait.

frippp: Cover for UK edition of the book

dailymeower: "Let's give him a dose!" said they all:
"He seems to be wanting in vigour,
An he's so uncommonly small,"
Perhaps it will make him grow bigger!"

Poor Tiny! she shook in each limb,
For he felt they were talking of him.

dailymeower: But a Tom Cat black and hungry
Came along the kitchen stair,
With an appetite for dinner,
And he saw that Mousie there;

So he crept up nearer, nearer,
And that Mousie looked so nice
"This," thought he," shall be my dinner —
I'm so very fond of mice!"

Then he gave a spring tremendous,
But he didn't catch him quite,
And the flour in that flour-barrel
Turned that black Cat almost white!

And that little Mousie, laughing,
Ran back home to tell his folks;
"Oh," cried he, "they'll laugh to hear this—
They're so very fond of jokes!"

dailymeower: Up he pulled it with a will,
Showing off his angling skill,

Oh! but didn't Tom look grim
When that tittlebat caught him
by the tail and made him yell —
In the river splash he fell!

Luckily he still could shout:
Brother Pussies pulled him out;
Next time Tom goes catching fish,
He will catch them off a dish!

dailymeower: Up he pulled it with a will,
Showing off his angling skill,

Oh! but didn't Tom look grim
When that tittlebat caught him
by the tail and made him yell —
In the river splash he fell!

Luckily he still could shout:
Brother Pussies pulled him out;
Next time Tom goes catching fish,
He will catch them off a dish!

dailymeower: It was all on baking morning
and a knowing little mouse
Came a-creeping very softly
From his tiny staircase house:

And he tasted and he nibbled
For a quarter of an hour;
"Ohm" cried he, "this is delicious —
I'm so very fond of flour!"

dailymeower: Tommy went to fish, and took
Rod and line and bait and hook:
"Who can tell? I may," thought he,
"Catch a sardine for my tea!"

Out he waded from the shore,
Then, for quite an hour or more,
There upon the post he say:
Then he caught — a tittlebat!

"Here's a catch at last," cried he;
"Just the very fish for me!"

dailymeower: Polly put the kettle on,
Molly call the muffin man,
Sally blow the bellows strong,
And we'll all have tea.

dailymeower: Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Up-stairs and down-stairs, in his night gown.
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock:
"Are the children in their beds? It's past eight o'clock."