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You do not know how to get rid of them." Jack said, "We will see." So
the next day, he put the cat in a bag, and went with the bag in his arm to

the king. Puss did not like to be shut up in the bag, and made much
fuss.
The king was glad to see Jack, and said, "Let me see what you have in
your bag." But Jack said, "Not just yet; wait till we see the rats and
mice."
So they went to the room to dine. The rats and mice were at the food
just as they had been. Jack took the cord off the bag, and took out the
cat. The king did not know what a cat was; for he had no cats in his
land.
Jack held her in his arms till she had lost her fear, and then set her
down with the rats and mice. She soon made them know what a cat was,
and put them in such fear that they all fled. The king was so glad that
he did not know what to do.
They sat down to dine. Not a rat came out of its hole. The king ate his
meal with joy, and puss sat on his knee and fed out of his dish. The
king told Jack he must let him keep the cat. Jack said, "I will give her to
you, but you must give me the pile of gold." The king was glad to keep
the cat and pay the gold. So Jack put the gold in the bag that had held
the cat, and went back to the ship.
A year more went by, ere Jack and his ship came back to port. He soon
went to see Dick, with the bag of gold. The man and the girl were both
glad to find that Jack had sold what they gave him, and that he had got
a good deal for them. But when Jack told them of the cat, and took out
the bag of gold, they did not know what to say. And when poor Dick
was told that it was all for him, he had to cry for joy, and all the rest
wept with him, for they were all fond of Dick now, he had come to be
such a good boy.
"Well, Dick," said Jack, "what will you do with all this gold? Let us see
what will be best." So they all said much, and sat up till it was late, to
talk of Dick and his pile of gold.
At last Dick said, "I will give some of it to each of you, who have been

so good and kind to me. I will take part of the rest and lay it out upon
my mind, that I may be wise when I grow to be a man. And what is left
I will lay up, so that when I am a man, I will have it to work with, that I
may grow to be rich; for to be good, and wise, and rich, is what I wish."
They all said Dick knew what was best. So that is what was done with
the pile of gold that the king gave for the cat.
[Illustration: FINIS]

Transcriber's Note:
Minor punctuation errors have been amended without note.
The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.

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