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In Puss Gets the Boot we see an unnamed mouse constantly being tormented by a smug, superior cat. As soon as the mouse escapes from the cat’s clutches, he is caught again. The cat tricks the mouse by dipping his finger in a jar of ink, and drawing a mousehole on the skirting board. The confused mouse tries to run into the ‘hole,’ but keeps banging into the skirting board until he is knocked out and sees stars
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As the rodent comes to, he pokes the cat in the eye and runs off, and so begins the chase. However, the cat, (here named “Jasper”) runs into a houseplant and breaks it. His mistress, Mammy Two Shoes a Black maid quickly arrives and chastises the cat.
Jasper! Jasper! That no-good cat! Just a minute, you good-for-nothin’, cheap fur-coat! Just look, just look at this mess you made. The housemaid gives Tom an ultimatum: Now, understand this, Jasper. If you break one more thing, you is goin’ out - O-W-T, out.
The mouse now has the upper hand, and uses this to his advantage, attempting to break the fine china, wine glasses, plates, and other fragile items he can find. Jasper craftily places some cushions on the floor to prevent the delicate items breaking, but the mouse soon increases the pressure, and the cat ends up stacking a huge and heavy pile of crockery against the wall
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At the top of the pile, the mouse waves cheekily and hurls a plate down, that it smashes. While waiting for the housemaid to arrive, the mouse jumps into Jasper’s milk bowl and continually tries to coerce the cat into dropping the crockery, eventually kicking him in the rear, so that every fragile item falls down and smashes. Jasper is thrown out of the house, and the triumphant mouse decorates his mouse hole with a sign that reads “home sweet home”
