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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
16
An old tale about a boy named Tenet and a cat that drinks cream and then escapes the kitchen. The story recalls a Persian or similar origin and centers on a cat that ground coffee in the king’s kitchen and helped with meals.
A festive city welcomes the returning king with a grand parade as merchants and apprentices cheer. Sooty Will, a ninety year old black cat who never purred, sulks at the mill while the turnspits march to see the king and a warlike procession unfolds with trumpets, infantry, and exotic weapons.
A mischievous black cat declares itself the only cat and demands its share of glory as it disrupts the city scene. It swallows a coffee mill and heads to the King amid bells drums and uproar, only to learn that triumphs fade and a reckoning comes.
A tale of a guilty cat named Sooty Will who hides a coffee mill inside him after being blamed for stolen coffee. The Genius under the Great Ovens condemns deceit and curses all cats, causing lifelong remorse whenever they are stroked. The cat retires to a home for aged cats, living out his days in repentance.
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