Cat in boots

an old story retold by Lucy Floyd illustrated by Valerie Sokolova Cat in Boots Cat in Boots... Copyright © by Harcourt, Inc.All rights reserved.. Requests for permission to make copies

an old story retold

by Lucy Floyd illustrated by Valerie Sokolova

Cat

in Boots

Cat

in Boots

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an old story retold by Lucy Floyd illustrated by Valerie Sokolova

Cat

in Boots

Cat

in Boots

A mille r s a id to hi s c a t, “A m e a n

b e a s t i s in t h e l a n d! He i s e a t in g

a ll t h e w h e a t!”

“I k n o w h o w to h e lp yo u,” s a id C a t.

“It w ill b e s imp le I n e e d o nl y b o ot s

a n d a b a g.”

3

C a t p u t h e r b a g in t h e ya rd, a n d

g e e s e ra n into it T h e n s h e w e nt

to s e e t h e k in g

“T h o s e g e e s e a re gi f t s fro m t h e mille r,” C a t s a id

“We t h a nk him!” s a id t h e k in g

“We d o!” s a id Prin c e s s Le e

C a t fo un d t h e mille r by t h e s e a.

“T h e k in g c o m e s by h e re,” s h e

s a id “No w jump into t h e s e a!”

“S e e t h e mille r?” C a t ye lle d

“He s e nt m e t h e g e e s e!” t h e k in g

s a id “We s h o uld h e lp him!”

“Ple a s e!” crie d Prin c e s s Le e

T h e n C a t w e nt to s e e t h e m e a n

b e a s t “I k n o w yo u c a n d o

a ny t hin g,” s a id C a t “C a n yo u

s qu e eze yo ur b o d y into a b a ll?”

“Ea s y!” s cre e ch e d t h e b e a s t.

C a t m o v e d fa s t S h e p u t h e r b o ot

h e e l o n t h e b e a s t “Ple a s e b e s t ill,

B e a s t!” s h e s a id

9

“S to p!” s cre e ch e d t h e b e a s t.

“No w w rite h e re, B e a s t,” s a id C a t

“W rite t h a t yo u w ill n ot e a t t h e

Fro m t h e n o n, t h e re w a s a lot

o f w h e a t to e a t

11

To the people,

I will not eat the wheat.

Your friend, The Beast

T h e mille r a n d t h e p rin c e s s w e re

w e d in a ro o m f ille d w it h p e o p le

C a t w a s a l s o t h e re

“S e e?” s h e s a id “I h e lp e d!”

Think and Respond

1 What is the miller’s problem?

2 What does Cat get the beast to do?

3 How does the beast’s letter affect people in the land?

4 How does Cat get the king and the princess to notice the miller?

5 Would the princess and the miller have married without Cat’s help? Explain.

Word Count: 138

yourself in boots you would like to have Write about someplace you would go in your boots.

Make a class book titled Our Class in Boots.

School-Home Connection Talk with a family

member about foods made with wheat Examine labels to see which foods contain wheat.