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 THE STORY OF PUSS IN BOOTS.

was a Miller who had three sons, and when he died he divided what he possessed among them in the following manner:— He gave his Mill to the eldest, his Ass to the second, and his Cat to the youngest.

Each of the brothers accordingly took what belonged to him without the help of an attorney, who would soon have brought their little fortune to nothing in law expenses.

The poor young fellow who had nothing but the Cat, complained that he was hardly used. "My brothers," said he “by joining their stocks together, may do very well in the world; but for me, when I have eaten my Cat, and made a cap of his skin, I may then die of hunger!"