The British folk story of Dick Whitington and Cat

Dickie is an orphan and has been told that the streets of London are covered in gold and that he goes there to find a way to get rich.

He was disappointed to find that that was not the case.

He fell asleep in front of the house of a wealthy businessman, Mr.

Fitzvolen, in cold and hungry conditions.

The merciful Mr.

Fitzvolen found him and hired him as a dishwasher.

Dick got paid to buy a cat to drive a mouse because the house was often run by rats.

One day, Mr.

Fitzvolen had to sail to a certain port for a gold business and asked his servants if they would give him anything to carry with them.

Dick gave him his cat very reluctantly.

Mr.

Fitzvolen has always been very good to Dick, but his cooks are so violent that he can't bear to escape.

But when he was about to flee Finance City, he heard the bells of the Church of St.

Marilobe in the city, as if he were saying, “Don't panic and become mayor three times”.

So Dick went back and found that Mr.

Fitzvolen's ship had returned.

In North Africa, king Babari's Queen's Queen's rats were raging, and Dickie's cat, who was a mouse catcher, was sold at high prices to king Babari, and Dickie has since become a rich man.

He began a partnership with Mr.

Fitzvolen and subsequently married Mr.

Fitzvolen ' s daughter Alice, and eventually became mayor of the City of Finance three times, as the bell predicted.

This folk story is based on Richard Whittington, a medieval British businessman and politician.

At a young age, Whitington, a young child who was not entitled to inherit his father ' s property, was sent to the City of Finance for a silk business, which quickly grew into a successful major businessman and was close to the British Crown.

On several occasions, he was appointed or elected head of the financial city and became a member of Parliament and head of the London District Judiciary.

At the same time, Wittenston is keen on the public good and has contributed to medical, health, prison, library, church, etc., both before and after life。