The king of the cats | Fairy tales | Learn Like Nastya

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The King of the Cats
Once there were two brothers who lived in a distant village. Elshender was the elder, and the younger was Fergus. They had a big black cat.
One day Fergus went out hunting alone. He told Elshender he’d be back for supper that evening. Evening came, but Fergus was still away.
Elshender was worried that his brother had gotten into trouble. At last, Fergus returned, wet and exhausted.
After supper, the brothers sat down by the fire, and their black cat lay between them. “Why were you away for so long?” Elshender asked.
“I’ve had a very strange adventure today. I hardly know what to say about it,” Fergus replied. And then he told his incredible story.
Fergus was going home when a thick fog came on the path. He climbed a tall tree to look around. In the trunk of the tree was a big hollow.
He could hear some music and see some light coming out of it. Fergus looked inside and gasped. He seemed to be looking into a church!
A funeral was taking place there. He saw a coffin surrounded by torches, all of them carried by cats! The coffin was marked with a crown.
Fergus got no farther, for the black cat jumped to his feet shrieking: “My stars! Old Peter’s dead, and now I’m the King of the Cats!”
Then he rushed up the chimney and was seen no more.