Puss in boots; Part II

Fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.

Intermediate

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One day, Puss heard that the king was intending to take a drive along the river-side with his daughter. She was the most beautiful princess in the world. Puss said to his master, "Sir, if you would only follow my advice, your fortune is made."
"Be it so," said the miller's son, who was growing very disconsolate, and cared little what he did: "Say your say, cat."
"It is but little," replied Puss, looking wise, as cats can. "You have only to go and bathe in the river, at a place which I shall show you, and leave all the rest to me.