Matolek the Billy-Goat is a fictional character created in 1933 that became a cult classic in Polish children's literature. The character, Matołek, is an anthropomorphic goat who goes on amusing adventures as he searches for the town of Pacanow, rumored to make goatshoes. Matołek's personality is nice but naive and clumsy, similar to Winnie the Pooh, as his quest to find Pacanow takes him around the world from Africa to the Wild West.