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A black kitten comforts a lonely child and, over a sequence of nine bedtime nights, recounts catland lore and a series of episodic folktales and animal fables. Each night presents a different retelling—including feline-centered adaptations of familiar fairy tales—blending adventure, whimsy, and mild moral lessons. The collection intersperses talking animals, imaginative settings, and intimate domestic moments, using the framing device of nightly storytelling to link disparate episodes and to emphasize themes of friendship, cleverness, and kindness in a tone aimed at young readers.
“We sat up so disgracefully late last night,” began Impty, yawning, “that I’m sleepy yet. I had to go to Cat-Land, you know, and although that’s very pleasant, still, it isn’t much of a rest.”
“What are you going to tell me to-night?” Dolly asked, as she made a place on the pillow for the black kitten.
“To-night it’s going to be a shorter story,” Impty replied. “They call it, in Cat-Land, ‘The Cat Who Married a Mouse.’”