All day long the baker's cat toils in the bakery and all night he is expected to catch the mice that run riot in the storeroom.

If he doesn't catch any mice, the beastly baker tells him, he won't get any food.

Too exhausted to chase after the cheeky rodents, the baker's cat becomes thin and sad and weepy, until the mice take pity on him and together they concoct a clever plan ...