The Vanity Cat.

The Vanity Cat.

Hello, this is Jana, and welcome to Story Nori.

This is a story about a princess cat who is vain.

If someone is vain, it means they have a high opinion of themselves.

Another word very like this is conceited, but maybe I'm being a bit hard on her.

See what you think.

In ancient times, a cat lived in the palace with the royal family.

Her name was Princess Cat and she was an exceptionally beautiful cat

with fluffy white hair and sky blue eyes. She understood very well

that she was beautiful because everyone was always saying so and she always felt there was something special about her.

In fact, she was quite certain that she was as royal as any human prince or princess. Now it so happened that the one person in the palace who did not stop to admire her or scratch her behind the ears was the King's eldest son.

His indifference annoyed the cat very much.

Princess cat could do nothing to get his attention, still less to win his admiration.

When he came downstairs to breakfast, she tried escorting him with her tail held high, but when he went into the breakfast room,

he let the door swing into her face.

She did not like that.

When he was sitting in the garden under a tree,

she climbed up onto a high branch and meowed in distress,

pretending that she was stuck and did not know how to return to the ground.

Surely the noble prince would rush gallantly to her aid, but no, at first he ignored her. And then he moved to another spot in the

garden, where her meows could not disturb him. Once she slipped into his bedroom and settled down on his silken pillow. How comfortable

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