E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 32964-h.htm or 32964-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/32964/pg32964-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32964/32964-h.zip) PUSS IN BOOTS, JR., AND THE GOOD GRAY HORSE by DAVID CORY [Illustration] _Little Tom Thumb with his tiny spear Follows Puss Boots both far and near. Did you ever see such a brave little cat, With a shiny sword and a feathered hat?_ [Illustration] _"Faster, faster, Good Gray Horse, Hasten swiftly on your course, 'Till I see the stately towers Where my father spends his hours."_ [Illustration] _"Grandmother Goose your trusty broom Makes spick and span each cottage room," Said little Puss Boots, doffing his hat, For he was a most polite little cat._ [Illustration] _This funny gnome is puzzled quite Why little Puss Junior is so polite. But Puss has manners very grand I would have everyone understand._ PUSS IN BOOTS, JR., AND THE GOOD GRAY HORSE [Illustration: THE GOOD GRAY HORSE RUNS AWAY WITH PUSS JUNIOR AND THE LITTLE OLD MAN. _Puss-in-Boots Jr. and the Good Gray Horse._ _Frontispiece._] PUSS IN BOOTS, JR. AND THE GOOD GRAY HORSE by DAVID CORY Author of Little Jack Rabbit Books, Little Journeys to Happyland, Puss in Boots Books, Etc. [Illustration] Profusely Illustrated Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York Made in the United States of America Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America G-V CONTENTS