Mikesch the cat, a clever and well-behaved animal, has learned human language from a cobbler. Mikesch the cat behaves the way some parents would like their children to behave. He could well be a role model for many.
The clever cat Mikesch can not only talk, he can also ride a motorcycle. He and Paschek, the little pig, who has now learned to speak from Mikesch the cat, visit a fairground.
Bobesch the goat, one of Mikesch the cat's friends, has also learned to talk. The result is a rather funny cloverleaf: Mikesch the cat, Paschik the pig and Bobesch the billy goat. Mikesch the cat encounters two robbers who try to rob him.
Mikesch the cat is on his way into the big, wide world, which is initially only twenty kilometers away from Holleschitz. He has survived one adventure with robbers, but another with the gypsies proves to be much more dangerous.
Rain, hail and storms make Puss Mikesch's journey into the world a difficult one. Soaked through, he is picked up by a traveling circus. As he can talk, he seems suitable for the circus people to take part in the program.
People in Holleschitz are waiting in vain for the arrival of Mikesch. He has been missing for three weeks. Nobody knows that he has since been hired by a circus. One day, Mikesch telegraphs home that he is homesick and wants to return.