The Life and Adventures of Poor Puss

The narrative presents a chronological memoir of a domestic cat from birth on a rural farm through city life, recounting early mischievous thefts, learning to mouse, and repeated injuries including a rat bite and a trap. She mates and bears kittens that are taken from her, survives chases by dogs and boys who nearly drown her, and is later taken to town where she kills a pet canary and adapts to roof-leaping and hunting. A monkey severely injures her tail, after which her health declines; she becomes asthmatic and dies, leaving an ordinary yet eventful account of animal survival amid human kindness and cruelty.