I belong to the queen and I sit proudly by her side when she drives out in her fine glass coach. She tells me that I am happier than she is, because I have a kitten and she has no one to play with but me.

I happen to know a fairy who dwells in the forest, and I’ll go and see her. I am quite sure the queen will have a child by the time the snow flies, and she will be as pretty as snow and sunbeams.

Kisa the Cat in Kisa the Cat, Brown Fairy Book. Illustration by Adrienne Segur.