There's an old English legend which states that cats have their own king, and that this feline king can speak in a human voice. But the cats guard their king carefully, lest humans capture him and use him for their own purposes. In this tale based on the old legend, a new king is crowned, but his reign has scarcely begun when he is informed by a feline oracle that he is destined to face terrible difficulties. He will suffer terror and pain; he will end his life in exile. Worst of all, he learns that he is destined to be captured by a human who knows his secret. From that moment on, the new King of the Cats realizes that the golden crown upon his head, for all the glory it represents, is also a heavy burden.