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III . The Marquis of Carabas With the rabbit in the bag , the cat goes to the king’s palace . He walks very straight in his black boots . He is very proud . There are two guards at the palace door . “ Stop ! ” says one guard . “ Who are you ? ” “ I am a cat , ” says the cat . “ We can see that . What do you want ? ” “ I have a present for the king . ” The guards look at each other . But the cat is very polite , so at last they open the door . A servant takes the cat up a very long staircase . At the top , in a big room , is the king . He wears a gold crown . The cat bows very low , down to the floor . Then he opens the bag and takes out the rabbit . “ Your Majesty , ” he says , “ here is a rabbit from the fields . It is a present from my lord , the Marquis of Carabas . ” The Marquis of Carabas ? Nobody knows that name . And that is no surprise . The cat makes it up at that moment . The Marquis of Carabas is his master , the miller’s son ! The king looks at the rabbit . It is a fine , fat rabbit . “ Tell your lord that I thank him , ” says the king . “ I like his present very much . ” The cat bows again and leaves the palace . Another day , the cat goes to a wheat field . The wheat is tall and yellow . The cat hides in the wheat with his bag open . He does not move . He waits . Soon two partridges come . Partridges are fat birds . They live in the fields . They run a lot and they do not fly much . The two birds see the food in the bag . They go into the bag , one after the other . Snap ! The cat pulls the strings . Two birds in one bag ! The cat goes to the palace again . This time the guards know him . “ Ah , it’s the cat in boots ! ” they say . “ Go in , go in . ” The cat goes up the stairs and bows to the king . “ Your Majesty , here are two partridges . They are a present from my lord , the Marquis of Carabas . ” The king is very happy . He loves partridges . “ What a kind man this Marquis is ! ” he says . “ And this is for you , Cat . Buy yourself a drink . ” And he gives the cat some money . Two months go by , then three months . The cat hunts and hunts . One week he takes a rabbit to the king . Another week he takes two partridges . And he always says the same thing : “ It is a present from my lord , the Marquis of Carabas . ” Now everyone at the palace knows that name . At dinner , the king talks about the Marquis . “ Another present from the Marquis of Carabas ! ” he says . “ He is a very generous man . One day I want to meet this Marquis . ” With the king’s money , the cat buys bread and cheese for his master . Now the young man is not hungry any more .
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