The Monkey and the Cat

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"The Monkey and the Cat" is a fable written by French poet Jean de La Fontaine.

The fable begins:

  Sly Bertrand and Ratto in company sat,
  (The one was a monkey, the other a cat,)
      Co-servants and lodgers:
      More mischievous codgers
  Ne'er mess'd from a platter, since platters were flat.

In this fable, Ratto draws out chestnuts that are roasting on the fire and Bertrand eats them.

[edit] Characters

  • Bertrand, monkey
  • Ratto (or Raton), cat

[edit] References

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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