A Cat fell in love with a handsome young man, and begged the goddess Venus to change her into a woman. Venus was very gracious about it, and changed her at once into a beautiful maiden, whom the young man fell in love with at first sight and shortly afterwards married. One day Venus thought she would like to see whether the Cat had changed her habits as well as her form; so she let a mouse run loose in the room where they were. Forgetting everything, the young woman had no sooner seen the mouse than up she jumped and was after it like a shot: at which the goddess was so disgusted that she changed her back again into a Cat.
有一只猫爱上了一个英俊的年轻人，便去祈求维纳斯将她变成一个女人。维纳斯非常和蔼可亲，她将猫变成了一个美丽的少女，那年轻人对其一见钟情，很快两个人就结婚了。一天，维纳斯想要去看看猫是否因为改变了形态而改变了习惯，于是便派出一只老鼠去了他们住的地方。一看到老鼠，那年轻女人立刻忘了一切，直接跳起来，像箭一样冲出去追老鼠。女神很讨厌她这样的表现，又将她变回了猫。