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II . The Cat’s Boots The next day , the young man and the cat go to the town . First they buy a bag . It is a small bag with two strings at the top . When you pull the strings , the bag closes . Then they go to the shoemaker’s shop . The shoemaker is a fat , happy man . “ Good morning , ” says the young man . “ I would like a pair of boots , please . ” The shoemaker looks at the young man’s feet . “ No , sir , ” says the young man . “ The boots are not for me . They are for my cat . ” “ Ha , ha , ha ! Boots for a cat ? ” The shoemaker laughs and laughs . But the cat does not laugh . He jumps up onto the shoemaker’s table and looks at him with a serious face . “ It is not a joke , sir , ” says the cat . “ I want good boots . Tall and strong . ” The shoemaker stops laughing . He looks at the cat . He looks at the young man . Then he takes a piece of string and measures the cat’s legs . “ Four boots ? ” asks the shoemaker . “ No , only two , ” says the cat . “ For my back legs . My front paws are for work . ” Three days later , the boots are ready . They are made of black leather , and they shine . The young man pays for the boots with his last coins . Now he has no money at all . The cat puts on the boots . He takes one step . He takes two steps . Then he walks round the shop on his back legs , like a person . “ How fine you look ! ” says the young man . And he smiles for the first time in many days . The cat puts the bag round his neck . He holds the two strings in his front paws . “ Now go home , my master , ” he says . “ I have work to do . ” “ What work ? ” “ You will see . ” The cat leaves the town and walks through the mud . With his boots on , he does not feel the stones . Soon he comes to a field full of holes . Each hole is the home of a rabbit . Lots of rabbits live there . The cat opens the bag . He puts some bran inside , and some green leaves . Bran is the outside of the wheat . There is always a lot of it at a mill . And rabbits love bran and green leaves . Then he lies down on the ground next to the bag . He closes his eyes . He does not move at all . He looks dead . And he waits . The old rabbits do not come near . They know a lot about the world . But the young rabbits know nothing . At last a young rabbit comes . He is small and a bit silly . He smells the bran and the leaves . “ Mmm , food ! ” thinks the rabbit . “ And the cat is dead . There is no danger ! ” The rabbit jumps into the bag and starts to eat . Snap ! The cat opens his eyes and pulls the strings . The bag closes , and the rabbit cannot get out . The cat kills the rabbit without pity . He is a cat , and cats hunt . Then he puts the bag round his neck and smiles . “ Very good , ” he says . “ That is the first step . ”
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