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Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr.

<hr /> <h1>THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS, JR.</h1> <hr class="hr2" /> <div class="figcenter5" style="width: 399px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/cover.jpg" width-obs="399" height-obs="600" alt="Cover" title="By David Corey" /></div> <div class="figcenter2" style="width: 393px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/endpaper1.jpg" width-obs="393" height-obs="600" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="block28"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> Little Puss Boots, hat in paw Bowed as Miss Pussy opened the door. "Glad to see you," she purred. "Come in! My little house is as neat as a pin!" </div> </div></div> <div class="block28"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> "Robinson Crusoe, how do you do!" As a strangely dressed man came into view, Cried little Puss Junior, raising his paw, As he stood 'neath a palm tree by the shore. </div> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="figcenter2" style="width: 379px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/endpaper2.jpg" width-obs="379" height-obs="600" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="block26"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> A frog among some rushes dwelt; A bachelor was he. No frog was ever so polite Or such a beau as he. </div> </div></div> <div class="block26"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> "This makes a fine table I'd have you know," Laughed Puss to Fairy Little Tiptoe. "We might all dine here on fairy cake, Unless you fear the toadstool break." </div> </div></div> <hr /> <h1>THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS, JR.</h1> <hr class="hr2" /> <div class="figcenter5" style="width: 388px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i001.jpg" width-obs="388" height-obs="600" alt="Frontispiece." title="" /> THE KNAVE OF HEARTS RUNS AWAY WITH THE TARTS. Adventures of Puss-in-Boots Jr. Frontispiece.</div> <hr /> <div class="tp"> THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS, JR. BY DAVID CORY AUTHOR OF LITTLE JACK RABBIT BOOKS, LITTLE JOURNEYS TO HAPPYLAND, PUSS IN BOOTS BOOKS, Etc. <div class="figcenter5" style="width: 250px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/tp.png" width-obs="250" height-obs="244" alt="" title="" /></div> <h4>PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED</h4> <div class="block"> GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK </div> <hr class="hr3" /> <h5>Made in the United States of America</h5></div> <h5 class="mt">Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr.</h5> <hr class="hr4" /> <h5>Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America</h5> <hr /> <h2>CONTENTS</h2> <table summary="Contents"> <tr> <th class="thr2" colspan="2">PAGE</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss in Boots, Jr., Begins His Travels</td> <td class="tdr2">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">A Visit to Piggie's Mamma</td> <td class="tdr2">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Sees the Cow Jump Over the Moon</td> <td class="tdr2">16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Meets Yankee Doodle Dandy</td> <td class="tdr2">21</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Sings a Song and Helps a Beggar</td> <td class="tdr2">25</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Follows Wee Willie Winkie</td> <td class="tdr2">31</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Meets Three Jolly Welshmen and the Queen of Hearts</td> <td class="tdr2">35</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Learns Where His Father Is and Receives a Tart from the Queen</td> <td class="tdr2">40</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Crosses a Wonderful Bridge</td> <td class="tdr2">43</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss in Boots, Jr., Visits the Old Woman in the Shoe </td> <td class="tdr2">45</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Joins the Circus</td> <td class="tdr2">51</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Proves to Be a Wonderful Circus Performer </td> <td class="tdr2">54</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">A Terrible Fight Stopped by Using Plum-cake</td> <td class="tdr2">57</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Meets Another Cat and Moralizes on Contentment</td> <td class="tdr2">60</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Meets Mother Goose</td> <td class="tdr2">63</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Tripping with the Stars</td> <td class="tdr2">66</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Finds Adventure at the Top of Jack's Famous Bean-stalk</td> <td class="tdr2">69</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Discovers Where Jack Is Hiding</td> <td class="tdr2">74</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss and Jack Make a Bold Rescue</td> <td class="tdr2">77</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Meets Mr. Rowley Frog</td> <td class="tdr2">80</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Is Heartily Welcomed by Jack the Jumper</td> <td class="tdr2">83</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Old King Cole's Fiddlers Are Rather Rude to Puss</td> <td class="tdr2">86</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">The Miller of the Dee</td> <td class="tdr2">88</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Renders a Mother Aid</td> <td class="tdr2">93</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">The Milkman's Horse, Old Naggetty Nogg</td> <td class="tdr2">96</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Who Is a Man's Most Faithful Friend?</td> <td class="tdr2">99</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Buys a Pair of Boots Made for His Famous Sire </td> <td class="tdr2">102</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Meets a Modest Mending Man and a Jolly Miller</td> <td class="tdr2">105</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Overhears a Proposal and Is Invited to a Wedding</td> <td class="tdr2">110</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss and Several Acquaintances Journey to the Wedding</td> <td class="tdr2">113</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">The Guests Arrive Safely at the Wedding</td> <td class="tdr2">116</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Is Welcomed at the Wedding</td> <td class="tdr2">119</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">The Bride Receives Some Handsome Presents</td> <td class="tdr2">122</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Makes a New Friend and Gains a Steed</td> <td class="tdr2">125</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Meets a Hunter and They Both Learn that the Owl Is a Useful Bird</td> <td class="tdr2">130</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Goes on a Shopping Trip to Make a Little Maid Happy</td> <td class="tdr2">133</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Converses with an Intelligent Gray Donkey </td> <td class="tdr2">136</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Meets a Happy Farmer but Misses a Good Meal</td> <td class="tdr2">139</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Helps a Stranger Catch a Runaway Pig</td> <td class="tdr2">142</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Helps a Little Boy Who Is in Trouble</td> <td class="tdr2">147</td> </tr> </table> <hr /> <h2>ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> <table summary="Illustrations"> <tr> <th class="thr2" colspan="2">PAGE</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss, Jr., Trudged Along Bravely</td> <td class="tdr2">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">"What Are You Going to Buy with the Money?" Puss Asked</td> <td class="tdr2">27</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Puss Joined in the Chase to Help the Queen</td> <td class="tdr2">37</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">Out on a Limb, from Which He Dangled His Red-topped Boots</td> <td class="tdr2">47</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">"Good Morning, Ma'am," Said He, Lifting His Cap Politely</td> <td class="tdr2">71</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">"Aren't We Great Friends?" Asked the Miller</td> <td class="tdr2">89</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">"If I'd as Much Money as I Could Spend"</td> <td class="tdr2">107</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">"I Guess You Are Right, My Good Sir," Said Puss</td> <td class="tdr2">127</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">"To Market, to Market, to Buy a Fat Pig"</td> <td class="tdr2">143</td> </tr> </table> <hr /> <h2>[9] THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS, JR.</h2> <hr class="hr5" /> <h2>PUSS IN BOOTS, JR., BEGINS HIS TRAVELS</h2> PUSS had made a great discovery in the garret. It seems strange that he should have found something more important than a rat or mouse, but he had. From the moment he had seen the picture-book he was a changed cat! <div class="figleft"> <ANTIMG src="images/i002.png" width-obs="250" height-obs="221" alt="" title="" /></div> "Yes," he said, holding it a little to one side, so that the light from the small attic window would show the picture more distinctly, "this is certainly a portrait of my father." It was the story of "Puss in Boots," and on the cover was a beautiful picture of a cat wearing a magnificent pair of boots with shiny red tops. Puss sat down and opened the book. The further[10] he read the more excited he became. When he had finished he jumped up and, proudly looking at the portrait of his handsome father, he exclaimed, with flashing eyes, "From to-day I shall call myself 'Puss in Boots, Junior'; I shall go forth in search of adventure, just as my father did, and I shall not rest until I have found him!" He looked around to see if he could find a pair of boots like those in the picture. To his delight he saw in a corner the very pair he wanted, and they had red tops, too. He slipped them on and looked at himself in an old cracked mirror which stood against the wall. On a peg near by hung a cap, dusty, but not a bit shabby or worn. Placing it on his head, he hunted around until he found an old cane with a bent handle. "There's a cane in the picture—I suppose they called it a staff in those days; at any rate, I'm now complete; I'm a real Puss in Boots, Junior!" and with these words he scampered down the stairs as fast as he dared, not yet being used to his new-found boots. "Hurray!" he cried, as he reached the front door, and he took a hop, skip, and jump across the piazza, holding his tail gracefully in his left paw. "Hurray!" Down the steps he skipped, two at a time, down the walk to the gate, his heels clattering on the stone pavement, rat-a-tat-tat, like a[11] cavalryman. The road was dusty, but he went along gaily, the sun shining on the bright-red tops of his boots, making him very proud indeed. He hadn't gone very far when he heard a funny little squeak, and, looking to the side of the road from which the sound came, he saw a small pig stuck between two boards in the fence. "Squeak, squeak! Oh, help me out!" cried Piggie. Puss in Boots, Jr., ran up and, with the help of his cane, pried the boards apart so that the little pig could just squeeze himself through. "Squeak, squeak! Oh, thank you!" cried the little fellow. "I wish I could do something to repay you!" "You can," replied Puss, Jr., who had by this time grown very hungry, "I would like something to eat." "Come with me," said Piggie. "Mother always gets some milk from the dairymaid about this time. Come." And he took Puss, Jr., by the front paw and started to run across the field. "Hold on! I mean, let go!" cried Puss in Boots, Jr. "How do you know your mother will want visitors for lunch?" "She'll be only too delighted, especially when she knows how you pulled me out of the fence. You're not bashful, are you?" [12]"No-o-o!" replied Puss, Jr., "but you see I've never lunched with pigs before!" "Oh, don't let that worry you," replied his little friend, who seemed to be pretty sure of himself for so small a pig. "Come along!" And Puss did. <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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