Today I chose to read the second Lang unit. I took notes over "The Cottager and his Cat" from because I enjoyed "Puss in Boots" so much from the first unit. I wondered if it wouldn't be a similar story and it turned out to be true! This is two stories now that I have read in which cats bring the character great luck, and to me that just reinforces my love of them. So here are my notes. Characters: Rich old man, his wife, his son, the king, and many hut inhabitants Setting: tumble down cottage not fit for pigs, the forest, other huts, the Great Hall of the Palace Plot The old man was rich even though they lived in a hut He got ill one day and died In a dream, a man appeared to the son telling him half the the father's gold was ill gotten so he should give it back to the poor and throw the rest into the sea, keeping only what floats When he did this, six shillings floated up wrapped in paper He worked in his garden with his mother for the n...