Richard Whittington, a young, extremely poor boy newly orphaned, travels to London to make his way in the world. There, he is taken in by a merchant, and once he makes his first penny, buys himself a cat who will eventually bring fame to the young boy.

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Excerpt from The Renowned History of Richard Whittington and His Cat Though the waggoner was so charitable as to let him walk by the side of the wagon for nothing, yet he took care not to know him when he came to town. In a little time the poor boy was almost starved to death for want of food. In this distress he asked charity of several people, and one of them bid him go work in the fields. That I will, said Whittington, with all my heart I will work for you, if you will permit me. The man immediately sent him to make hay but when the season was over, he was again in great distress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.