In this story, two groups of cats live on different sides of the river - the light coloured cats and the black cats. They agree that a black cat will lead all the cats half the year, and a light cat the other half of the year, but fights still break out between the two groups. Suddenly a grey cat is born, he is wise, and all the cats like him. They decide to make him the leader all year long. The situation is calm for a while and then fights break out. The grey cat orders all cats to take off their ears and give them to him. When the cats are given back their ears, the black cats are given the blond cats' ears, and visa versa. Suddenly each group hears voices they never heard before, the voices of the other group. At the end of the story, a black kitten says to a white kitten, Did we really need to exchange ears to be able to hear each other?

You can also read a copy of 'Blond Ear Black Ear' by going to the International Children's Digital Library, a joint project of the Internet Archive and University Of Maryland.