CAT: Coachman, go in that direction. The road is better that way. 


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CAT: Coachman, go in that direction. The road is better that way.



NARRATOR: And then the cat ran on ahead as fast as he could, until he came to a field of corn, where the workers were busy, and said.

CAT: The King will shortly pass this way. If he should ask you to whom this field belongs, remember that you say, ‘To the Marquis of Carabas’. If you disobey me, you will be taken away from this land.

NARRATOR: The workers were so afraid the cat would keep his word that they promised to obey.

WORKERS: We will do as you say, but please don´t take us away from our land.

CAT: I promise.

NARRATOR: Then the cat ran on and told all the other workers in the land laborers to give the same answer. Meanwhile at the carriage.

KING: Ha, ha, ha, this is a fine day. And you, Marquis, are a very pleasant companion.

JACK: It´s an honor being here with you and your precious daughter.

KING: Coachman!. Drive slowly!. I want to admire this beautiful country.

NARRATOR: The carriage arrived to where the corn field.

KING: Workers, what a fine field of wheat!. To whom does it belong?.

WORKERS: To our Lord the Marquis of Carabas.

NARRATOR: Next they met a herd of cattle, and again the King asked.

KING: To whom do they belong?.

SHEPPARDS: To the Marquis of Carabas.

NARRATOR: The Marquis listened astonished, and thought what a very wonderful friend his dear cat was. Meanwhile the cat had arrived at a castle, which belonged to a cruel Ogre, who owned the lands the King admired. Puss knocked at the door.

SERVANT: What do you want?.

CAT: I need to talk to the Ogre.

SERVANT: Come in, and wait.

NARRATOR: The Ogre received him quite well because he had never seen a cat in boots before, so they started chatting.

CAT: I once heard, great Ogre, that you possessed the power of changing yourself into any kind of animal you chose. A lion or an elephant, for instance.

OGRE: Well, so I can.

CAT: Dear me!. How much I should like to see you do it now.

NARRATOR: The Ogre was only too pleased to find a chance of showing how very clever he was, so he promised to transform himself into any animal Cat might mention.

CAT: Oh, I will leave the choice to you.

OGRE: Very well, I will turn myself into a lion.

NARRATOR: Immediately there appeared an enormous lion, roaring, and lashing with its tail, and looking as though it meant to gobble the cat.

CAT: Oh, this is terrible. I have to escape!.

NARRATOR: The cat was really frightened, and, jumping out of the window, managed to scramble on to the roof, though he could scarcely hold on to the tiles because of his high-heeled boots.

OGRE: Ha, ha, ha, come down, I will not hurt you. See?. I am an Ogre again.

CAT: You are very clever. Of course, it was all very wonderful, but it would be more wonderful still if you, who are so great and fierce, could transform yourself into some timid little creature, such as a mouse. That, I suppose, would be quite impossible?.

OGRE: Not at all, one is quite as easy to me as the other, as I will show you.

NARRATOR: And in a moment a little brown mouse was frisking about all over the floor.

CAT: Now or never!. You´re mine now, and I´ll gobble you!.

NARRATOR: At the same moment all the gentlemen and ladies whom the wicked Ogre had held in his castle under a spell, became disenchanted.

LADY: We all are very grateful for what you have done. We will do anything to please you.

CAT: Well, I need that all of you enter into the service of the Marquis of Carabas.

LADY: We will do it gladly.

NARRATOR: So now the cat had a splendid castle with treasures. He then ordered a magnificent feast to be prepared, and went to the castle gates to welcome his master and the royal party. As soon as the castle appeared in sight, the King said.

KING: The castle is magnificent!.

NARRATOR: Then cat bowing low, opened the castle gates.

CAT: Please your Majesty, enter the home of the most noble the Marquis of Carabas.

NARRATOR: Full of surprise, the King turned to the Marquis.



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