Fairy tale · VoiceSmiths adaptation · 4:11
Puss in Boots
A miller's son inherits only a cat, but this cat wants boots, a bag and a plan. A funny bedtime retelling of Perrault's Puss in Boots, ogre and all.
Narrator
Puss in Boots
The Miller's Son
The King
The Princess
The Ogre
The Mowerその他の言語 · 2か国語
このストーリーについて
Puss in Boots is a French fairy tale published by Charles Perrault in 1697 as The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots, in the same collection as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. A clever cat wins a fortune for his penniless master, the miller's youngest son, by inventing the grand title Marquis of Carabas. Perrault's cat threatens to have the mowers chopped up and gobbles up the ogre once he becomes a mouse; this bedtime version keeps the cat cheeky but traps the ogre under a teacup and sends him packing.
お話の教え
Cleverness and effort can take you further than whatever you happen to inherit. It's also a fun story to talk over afterwards: the cat wins by bluffing, so is that fair?
対象
Ages 4–9
読み聞かせのコツ
- Give Puss a very proper, polite voice; it makes his fibs funnier.
- Let your child shout Marquis of Carabas every time it comes up.
- Ask whether the cat told the truth, and what the miller's son should do now.
よくある質問
- Who wrote Puss in Boots?
- Charles Perrault published the famous version in France in 1697. Earlier Italian versions had been written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in the 1550s and Giambattista Basile in the 1630s.
- What is the moral of Puss in Boots?
- Perrault's own moral says that for young people, hard work and cleverness are worth more than an inheritance. A second, teasing moral adds that fine clothes and good looks also help in winning a princess.
- Who is the Marquis of Carabas?
- He is the miller's youngest son, Puss's master. He has no title at all; the cat invents the grand name Marquis of Carabas to impress the King.
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