--- title: IV. the Cat. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: IV. the Cat., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Mr. Fitzwarren's ship made a long voyage, and at last reached a strange land on the other side of the sea. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/) / IV. the Cat. # IV. the Cat. IV. the Cat. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 29 sentences and 580 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/1/) — Mr. Fitzwarren's ship made a long voyage, and at last reached a strange land on the other side of the sea. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/2/) — The people had never seen any white men before, and they came in great crowds to buy the fine things with which the ship was loaded. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/3/) — The captain wanted very much to trade with the king of the country; and it was not long before the king sent word for him to come to the palace and see him. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/4/) — The captain did so. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/5/) — He was shown into a beautiful room, and given a seat on a rich carpet all flow-ered with silver and gold. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/6/) — The king and queen were seated not far away; and soon a number of dishes were brought in for dinner. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/7/) — They had hardly begun to eat when an army of rats and mice rushed in, and de-voured all the meat before any one could hinder them. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/8/) — The captain wondered at this, and asked if it was not very un-pleas-ant to have so many rats and mice about. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/9/) — "Oh, yes!" was the answer. " - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/10/) — It is indeed un-pleas-ant; and the king would give half his treas-ure if he could get rid of them." - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/11/) — The captain jumped for joy. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/12/) — He remembered the cat which little Whittington had sent out; and he told the king that he had a little creature on board his ship which would make short work of the pests. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/13/) — Then it was the king's turn to jump for joy; and he jumped so high, that his yellow cap, or turban, dropped off his head. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/14/) — "Bring the creature to me," he said. " - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/15/) — If she will do what you say, I will load your ship with gold." - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/16/) — The captain made believe that he would be very sorry to part with the cat; but at last he went down to the ship to get her, while the king and queen made haste to have another dinner made ready. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/17/) — The captain, with puss under his arm, reached the palace just in time to see the table crowded with rats. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/18/) — The cat leaped out upon them, and oh! what havoc she did make among the trou-ble-some creatures! - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/19/) — Most of them were soon stretched dead upon the floor, while the rest scam-pered away to their holes, and did not dare to come out again. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/20/) — The king had never been so glad in his life; and the queen asked that the creature which had done such wonders should be brought to her. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/21/) — The captain called, "Pussy, pussy, pussy!" and the cat came up and rubbed against his legs. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/22/) — He picked her up, and offered her to the queen; but at first the queen was afraid to touch her. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/23/) — However, the captain stroked the cat, and called, "Pussy, pussy, pussy!" and then the queen ventured to touch her. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/24/) — She could only say, "Putty, putty, putty!" for she had not learned to talk English. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/25/) — The captain then put the cat down on the queen's lap, where she purred and purred until she went to sleep. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/26/) — The king would not have missed getting the cat now for the world. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/27/) — He at once made a bargain with the captain for all the goods on board the ship; and then he gave him ten times as much for the cat as all the rest came to. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/28/) — The captain was very glad. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/29/) — He bade the king and queen good-by, and the very next day set sail for England. - ← previous: [III. the Venture.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/51/) - next →: [V. the Fortune.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/53/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)