Inspired by the human Jeanette's stories of glamour and sophistication in Paris ('Take My Hand, Paree'), Mewsette runs away by taking a train to the big city ('Roses Red, Violets Blue'), where she encounters the slick con-cat Meowrice. The lovely cat Mewsette and the accomplished but shy mouser Jaune Tom are in love ('Mewsette'), until the former is frustrated with his plebeian ways (and those of the farm), to the point of calling him a 'clumsy country clod'. However, it begins on a farm in rural Provence. The story is set in 1895 France and takes place predominantly in Paris.
