CONTENTS
David Pritchard translation
Foreword by Carl Van Vechten, 13
CHAPTER ONE
Grey Puss, 21 The Willow Stumps, 23 The Kittens, 25 Grey Puss and her Past, 28
CHAPTER TWO
The Blind See, 35 The Father, 38 The Piebald Devil, 44 The Rescue of Tiny, 50 The Flight from the Willow, 55
CHAPTER THREE
The Burial-mound, 57 Life in the Burial-mound, 61 The First Mouse, 64 The Thief, 67 Drown the Brute, 71 A Great Reception, 76
CHAPTER FOUR
The Trickster, 81 The Lid of the Well, 88 The Dragon-fly, 95 The Old Crow, 97
CHAPTER FIVE
Big-kitten, 100 The Conqueror, 104 Black-kitten, 108 Miauw-miauw, 111 Grey-kitten, 116
CHAPTER SIX
White-kitten, 122 Tiny, 124 Red-kitten, 128 The Great Eating-house, 134
CHAPTER SEVEN
Box, 139 Cats of All Colours, 142 The Life-saving Chair, 148 The Crow Again, 152
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Kittens go out Hunting, 158 The Attack on the Crow’s Nest, 163
CHAPTER NINE
The Canary, 174 Box and the Red Communist, 177 The Smoke-dog, 181
CHAPTER TEN
The Best Cat, 186 “Madness” and the Owl, 190 The Hanger-on, 193 Grey on the Warpath, 196 The Thief-cat, 199 White-kitten and the Calf, 201
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Kittens Hunt by Night, 205 The Death of Box, 208 Home-sickness, 211
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Demon Mouser, 213 Exit Red, 217 Big-kitten turns Wild Cat, 220 The Home of the Fisherman, 223 Black Joins the Army, 229 “Terror” turns House-cat, 236
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Grey Puss’ Future, 242