Grimms' Fairy Tales, Cat-Skin summary
Cat-Skin of 62 · 9 min to read the chapter
In Cat-Skin, a princess escapes her father’s plan to marry her and hides beneath fur and soot while working in another king’s kitchen. She attends three feasts in splendid dresses and leaves golden objects in his soup, until he discovers her disguise and marries her.
What happens
- After his queen dies, a king decides to marry their daughter, despite his courtiers’ objections.
- The princess requests three dazzling dresses and a many-furred mantle, but flees when her father supplies them.
- Another king’s huntsmen find her in a tree, and she becomes a kitchen servant called Cat-Skin.
- At two feasts, she secretly wears fine dresses, dances with the king, and leaves golden objects in his soup.
- During the third dance, the king secretly places a ring on her finger, which she fails to cover with soot.
- The king recognizes his ring, removes her fur disguise, and marries her.
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What to notice
The ring links Cat-Skin directly to the mysterious dancer. Her incomplete disguise allows the king to identify her.
Quick check
What does Cat-Skin put into the soup after the third feast?
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