一隻母貓愛上了一個英俊的男子，於是懇求維納斯把她變成一個女人。維納斯答應了她的請求，把她變成了一位美麗的少女。那位男子一看到她就深深地愛上了她。很快，母貓就成了男子的新娘。婚禮的當天晚上，他們一起斜躺在床上。維納斯想看看母貓變成人之後生活習慣是否也發生了變化，就把一隻老鼠放到了他們床中間。結果，母貓一看到老鼠，馬上恢複了本性，一下子把老鼠抓住吃掉了。維納斯看到後非常失望，仍舊把她變回了貓。
江山易改，本性難移。
A Cat fell ih a handsome young maed Venus to ge her into the form of a woman. Veo her request and trao a beautiful damsel，so that the youth saw her and loved her，and took her home as his bride. While the tw in their chamber，Venus wishing to discover if the her ge of shape had also altered her habits of life，let dowhe middle of the room. The Cat，quite f her present ，started up from the d pursued the mouse，wishi. Venus was much disappointed and agaio return to her former shape.
Nature exurture.