Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
1. Plot summary The fairy tale Puss in Boots is about …
Once there was a poor miller, who only had a mill a donkey and a cat to give his sons when he died. The youngest son was left with only the cat to live on. He asked for a pair of boots and a bag. When he received them, he went and caught a rabbit. He brought the rabbit to the king, and said that it was from the Marquis of Carabas. He did this for about two months, until he heard that the king was planning to make a trip in the countryside.
The smart cat told his master to bathe in a pond on the side of the road. While he did that the cat took the dirty clothes of his master and hid them. Now when the king came by there with his daughter, the cat started yelling: help! The king’s guards helped him out while the cat told him the story about how some thieves came and stole the Marquis’ clothes while he was bathing. The sovereign gave him some clothing and, invited him to come in their carriage.
Meanwhile the cat ran ahead and found some workers in a field. He told them to say that the field belonged to the Marquis, or he would cut them up. So when the king came, he asked the workers to whom it belonged. When they told him it was the Marquis of Carabas, he was very impressed. This happened twice. The cat came up to a castle and knocked on the door, which was opened by a shape shifting ogre. The ogre let him in and the cat said that there is a rumour that he can change into the smallest creature. The ogre was astonished that he didn’t know. So he turned into a mouse, and the cat ate him up. The king came by, and asked who owned it. The cat said: the Marquis of Carabas. The princess (who, by now had fallen in love with him) got married to him. And they lived happily ever after.
Narrative Structure
a. Characters
1. Villain – The death of his father is the villain, because it left him with merely a cat.
2. Donor – The son: he gives the cat some boots.
3. Helper – The cat: helps the young
1. Plot summary The fairy tale Puss in Boots is about …
Once there was a poor miller, who only had a mill a donkey and a cat to give his sons when he died. The youngest son was left with only the cat to live on. He asked for a pair of boots and a bag. When he received them, he went and caught a rabbit. He brought the rabbit to the king, and said that it was from the Marquis of Carabas. He did this for about two months, until he heard that the king was planning to make a trip in the countryside.
The smart cat told his master to bathe in a pond on the side of the road. While he did that the cat took the dirty clothes of his master and hid them. Now when the king came by there with his daughter, the cat started yelling: help! The king’s guards helped him out while the cat told him the story about how some thieves came and stole the Marquis’ clothes while he was bathing. The sovereign gave him some clothing and, invited him to come in their carriage.
Meanwhile the cat ran ahead and found some workers in a field. He told them to say that the field belonged to the Marquis, or he would cut them up. So when the king came, he asked the workers to whom it belonged. When they told him it was the Marquis of Carabas, he was very impressed. This happened twice. The cat came up to a castle and knocked on the door, which was opened by a shape shifting ogre. The ogre let him in and the cat said that there is a rumour that he can change into the smallest creature. The ogre was astonished that he didn’t know. So he turned into a mouse, and the cat ate him up. The king came by, and asked who owned it. The cat said: the Marquis of Carabas. The princess (who, by now had fallen in love with him) got married to him. And they lived happily ever after.
Narrative Structure
a. Characters
1. Villain – The death of his father is the villain, because it left him with merely a cat.
2. Donor – The son: he gives the cat some boots.
3. Helper – The cat: helps the young
Cited: All selections from: Hallett, Martin and Barbara Karasek. Folk & Fairy Tales, Fourth Edition. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2009. Print. Perrault, Charles, “Puss in Boots”, Sleeping Beauty and other Favourite Fairy Tales, Trans. Angela Carter. London, Gallancz, 1982. Press.