PUSS IN BOOTS

1. Orientation
       Who/what?            The Cat, King, Marquis, and Ogre
       Where?                  River, Ogre's house
       When?                   The 1697 French

2. Complication 1
        What happened one day?
              
One day, the king decided that he wanted his daughter to marry the cat's master. The cat persuades his master to remove his clothes and enter the river. The cat disposes of his masters clothing beneath a rock.

3. Resolution 1
      What happened then?

As the royal coach nears, the cat begins calling for help in great distress, and, when the king stops to investigate, the cat tells him that his master, the Marquis, has been bathing in the river and robbed of his clothing. The king has the young man brought from the river, dressed in a splendid suit of clothes, and seated in the coach with his daughter, who falls in love with him at once.


4.  Complication 2
       And then?

The cat hurries ahead of the coach, ordering the country folk along the road to tell the king that the land belongs to the "Marquis of Carabas", saying that if they do not he will cut them into mincemeat. The cat then happens upon a castle inhabited by an ogre who is capable of transforming himself into a number of creatures.


5. Resolution 2
       What happen next?

The ogre displays his ability by changing into a lion, frightening the cat, who then tricks the ogre into changing into a mouse. The cat then pounces upon th mouse and devours it. 

6. Re-orentation

         What is the end of  the story?

  The king arrives at the castle that formerly belonged to the ogre, and, impressed with the bogus Marquis and his estate, gives the lad the princess in marriage. Thereafter, the cat enjoys life as a great lord who runs after mice only for his own amusement. 

          How is the ending? Happy or sad? 

                   Happy ending.