A brutal old cotter and his wife lived in Ulthar. They were known to take pleasure in trapping and killing the cats of their neighbors, but the people were too afraid to stop them. One day, however, a caravan entered the streets of Ulthar, including a little boy with a black kitten. When the poor child lost his kitten, strange things began to happen in Ulthar. Who was that child? Who might have killed his kitten—the same old couple or some other evil being? How will the child punish the culprit? Read this mysterious story to uncover the secrets of the cats of Ulthar and that caravan.