In the fairy tale Mouse and Mouser, the "Mouser," or the cat takes on the role of villain. At the start of the story, the mouse goes to visit the cat, who he finds spinning yarn behind the hall door. After making some small talk about the trousers the cat is making, the mouse begins to tell a story which the cat does not take kindly to. The mouse says that while sweeping his room, he had found some money and decided to buy himself a meat dish. He goes on to accuse the cat of swiping it from the windowsill on which he set it to cool. The "bad guy" cat admits to his crime, saying "and I'll eat you," before devouring the poor mouse whole.
(Cat: Wikimedia commons)
Much like the Mouser, the "bad guy" in Mr Fox preys on the weak and innocent. Unlike the Mouser, however, Mr Fox does not get away with his crimes. In the beginning of the tale, the fair Lady Mary, in spite of all her other suitors, picks Mr Fox as the man she shall marry. Mr Fox was brave and gallant, although no one knew much about him. One day, near their wedding day, Lady Mary decides to seek out Mr Fox's castle while he is away on business. Mary enters Mr Fox's castle, and much to her horror, finds a closet full of beautiful young women that Mr Fox has murdered. Just as Mary discovers this, she looks out the window to see Mr Fox dragging another one of his victims into the castle. Mary escapes, and informs her brothers of his crimes. The next day, this "bad guy" meets justice at the sword end of Mary's many friends and family.
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