| | Once upon a time . . . a miller died leaving the mill to his eldest son, his donkey to his second son and . . . a cat to his youngest one,Jack. Knowing that his father only left a cat to him, jack sighed, "A cat! What am I going to do with that?"
“Do not be so glum, Master, ”the cat said. “I have a plan that will make us both rich”. “What can you do ?you’re only a cat!” said Jack.
“Give me a fine hat, a pair of good boots and a large bag,”said the cat. Jack gave the cat what he asked for.
Then, with his swift foot, the cat caught a fat wild rabbit, popped it into his bag, knocked at the castle gate and went before the king. Removing his hat, with a sweeping bow, he said, “Sire, the famous Marquis of Carabas sends you this fine plump rabbit as a gift”. The king said his thanks, but he wondered who the Marquis of Carabas was.
In the days that followed, the cat later known as Puss in boots, regularly visited the castle, each time with a gift for the royal family in the name of the Marquis of Carabas. Folk at the palace began to talk about this noble gentleman and made up stories about him.
The queen felt eager to know who this generous man was. So, she asked the cat to arrange a meeting of the queen and Jack. But Jack felt horrified that the queen would know how poor he was.
“Leave everything to me”, replied Puss in Boots. “I have a plan.”
One day, the cat overheard that the king and the queen were taking the Princess on a carriage ride that very afternoon. The cat hurried home in great excitement. He asked Jack to go for a swim. Although Jack couldn’t swim, he obeyed what the cat had ordered him to do.
So, they went to the river and when the king’s carriage appeared, the cat pushed his master into the water. “help!” cried the cat. “The Marquis of Carabas is drowning.” The king heard his cries and sent his escorts to the rescue. Fortunately, he was safe and the king ordered new clothes to be brought for the Marquis of Carabas.
“Wouldn’t you like to marry such a handsome man?” the queen asked her daughter. “Oh, yes,” replied the princess.
However, the cat overheard that one of the ministers remarked that they had to find out how rich he was. “He is very rich indeed,” said Puss in Boots. “He owns the castle and all this land. Come and see it for yourself. I will meet you at the castle.”
Then, the cat rushed off in the direction of the castle, shouting at the peasants working in the fields to say that their master was the Marquis of Carabasor they would be sorry. And so, when the king’s carriage swept past, the peasants told the king that their master was the Marquis of Carabas.
In the meantime, Puss in Boots had arrived at the castle, the home of a huge, cruel ogre. Before knocking at the gate, the cat said to himself, “I must be very careful, or I’ll never get out of here alive.” When the door opened, Puss in Boots removed his feather hat, exclaiming, “my lord ogre, myrespects!”
“What do you want, cat?” asked the ogre rudely. “Sire, I’ve heard you possess great power. That, for instance, you can change into a lion or an elephant,” said Puss. “Is that true?” Instantly, the ogre transformed himself into a lion. “What do you think?” he roared, chasing Puss around the room. “I believe you!” said Puss. “But can you make yourself as small as a mouse?” “I can do anything,” replied the proud ogre. But as soon as he transformed himself into a mouse, the clever cat leapt on the mouse and ate it whole.
Meanwhile, the king’s carriage was arriving at the castle. With a bow, Puss in Boots said, “Sire, welcome to the castle of the Marquis of Carabas!”
“Wow, it’s very lovely!” said the queen. Then, the king spoke,” My dear Marquis, you’re a fine, handsome young man, you have a great deal of land and a magnificent castle. Tell me, are you married?”
“No,” the young man answered, “but I would like to find a wife.” He looked at the princess as he spoke. She in turn smiled at him. To cut a long story short, the miller’s son, now Marquis of Carabas, married the princess and lived happily with her in the castle.
Addition below : PUSS IN BOOTS
One year later, Puss In Boots decided to go out from jack’s castle. He went out from the castle because he had wanted to learn self defense. Jack and the princess allowed him. Puss In Boots would return if he finished his affair. Not far from that, the princess bore a son who very handsome, named Percy. Jack and the princess were very happy. Many people came to the castle for congratulating them and pray for Percy. Included the king and the princess, they were very happy because their first grandson was born by their lovely daughter. The king gave 2 rings as gift, one of them was for Percy and the one for the princess. In each ring, there was a handwriting “Percy and Percy’s mother. “Give this ring for Percy and this one’s for you” said the king. “yes, dad.” said the princess. “you are a mother now, be a good mother for Percy!!” the queen advised he daughter. “ I will give my affection and my live for him” the princess answered. Because the king had an affair, the king and the queen went home from the castle. In fact, Ogre still had a brother, named Danger. Ogre had great occultism so did Danger. Danger had known that his brother was killed for his castle. “ I promise, I will kill people who was killed you my brother” Said Danger angrily. One night the princess talked to Jack who was laying Percy on the bed. “ I have a bad feeling about Percy” said the princess to Jack. “ Be calm!! May be it just your feeling, you are better sleep beside Percy and forget the feeling!” said Jack. “o.k.” said the princess. Jack said “all right, I will continue my work in my room, call me!, if there is something”. The condition of that night was very quiet. Danger decided to do his planning in that night. He changed himself be a small mouse and entered to the castle. Finally he arrived in front of the princess’ room then he changed himself resembles as Puss In Boot. He entered to the princess’ room and the princess woke up and she was very surprised about what she saw. “ Wow…that’s you Puss In Boot??”asked the princess. “yes, you’re right, I come back because I want seeing for your little son” said Danger. The princess allowed him to see her son who had slept. Danger took Percy from his bad and quickly Danger ran away with Percy in his carrying cloth. The princess screamed to ask for helping. “Don’t take my lovely son, please!!”the princess screamed, jack heard it. As soon as possible Jack had approached his wife. “What happened? my dear” asked Jack to his wife. “Our lovely son, Percy was taken by a mysterious people” answered the princess. “Oh…no, my son Percy, but don’t be worry!! I will run after the mysterious people and bring our son, I promise” said Jack. Jack searched for the people, Meanwhile his wife worried him and she waited for him alone in the castle. Not long after that Jack returned with his disappointment. His wife asked for her son, Jack told her that he didn’t found their son. Jack searched for his son from one village to other village, but the result he hadn’t found his son. The couple’s sufferings were complete when the princess’ parents were died because they were killed by a mysterious people, exactly Danger. The princess was depressed facing the problem which she had were heavy to solve. 2 months later, Puss In Boots heard that Jack’s son was kidnapped. After the princess can’t accept the reality that his son lost and her parents died,She became crazy. Jack was sad seeing his wife. One night, the princess got out from the castle, Jack followed her. The princess went to a place near a deep chasm. “My wife, follow me to go home. We search for our son together tomorrow, come on!!”said Jack. “Go…Go…let me alone, my son is waiting for me now. Listen his voice..he calls me” said the princess and see her ring. “Oh dear, we can face this problem together” Jack said. The princess was afraid and she declined near to the chasm. “ my wife, Don’t be afraid!!” said Jack to his wife. “let me alone!!go!!”screamed the princess while declined drawing near to the chasm. “Beware!!”Jack screamed. Unfortunately, the princess fall down to the chasm and died. Jack cried and promised that he would find his son. Tomorrow morning, Puss In Boots came to jack’s castle. Jack was surprised and told Puss In Boots what happened with his family. “you must be patient, Jack!! Definitely you will find your lovely son” said Puss In Boots. In the next day they went to search Jack’s son. They arrived in a scary castle, exactly Danger’s castle. Meanwhile, Danger had known their arrival. “your father will pick you up, but I will not let him take you from me” said danger to Percy. Danger met Jack and Puss In Boots, he told them that he was a person who kidnapped Jack’s son and killed his parents in-law. Jack was angry and attacked Danger. Danger injured Jack with his sword. Puss In Boots helped him to oppose Danger. “ you kill my brother Ogre and now I will reply it” said Danger. Danger changed himself be a dragon and attacked Puss In Boots. They fight each other. And Puss In Boots won, he killed Danger with his sword which was given by his teacher. Jack as soon as possible took away his son in his arm. Finally, Jack and Puss In Boots returned to the castle. Puss In Boots decided to stay with jack and help Jack made his son, Percy great (grow up) without a mother beside him. Percy grew up being a handsome and good man. Jack was proud that he can be a father plus a mother for Percy. “The End” By : YunitaRosadi
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