This story is about a cat, whose name is Oscar. He is no ordinary cat, or so he thinks. He tells his own story about how his curiosity introduces him to a world of footwear that he didn't previously know existed. Oscar is a very pretentious cat and feels that he doesn't quite fit in. He is thought of and seen as an ordinary cat living with an ordinary family. They are a family of four-Mary, the mother; Julian, the father; and their two children, Marcus and Charmaine. The family loves and takes good care of Oscar. But as the children grow up, they outgrow him. Oscar first becomes interested in footwear when Mary, feeling unfulfilled in her role as a mother, decides to set up her own design studio at home, designing shoes and boots. They fascinate Oscar; he loves the smell and the feel of them and greatly desires to have a pair of his own.