The Story of Miss Moppet
Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and she spent much of
her otherwise conventional Victorian childhood drawing and studying animals. Her passion for the
natural world lay behind the creation of her famous series of little books. A particular source of
inspiration was the English Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a
farmer and land conservationist, working with the National Trust.
The Story of Miss Moppet, together with The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, were books intended especially for very young children and they were originally published in a pull-out concertina format. They were subsequently reissued as standard books however, since the long strip of pictures became damaged too easily.
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This is
a Pussy called Miss Moppet, she thinks she has heard a mouse!
This is
the Mouse peeping out behind the cupboard, and making fun of Miss Moppet. He is not afraid of a
kitten.
This is
Miss Moppet jumping just too late; she misses the Mouse and hits her own head.
She
thinks it is a very hard cupboard!
The
Mouse watches Miss Moppet from the top of the cupboard.
Miss Moppet
ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire.
The Mouse thinks she is looking very ill. He comes
sliding down the bell-pull.
Miss Moppet
looks worse and worse. The Mouse comes a little nearer.
Miss Moppet
holds her poor head in her paws, and looks at him through a hole in the duster. The Mouse comes very close.
And then all of a sudden — Miss Moppet jumps upon
the Mouse!
And because the Mouse has teased Miss Moppet —
Miss Moppet thinks she will tease the Mouse; which is not at all nice of Miss Moppet.
She ties
him up in the duster, and tosses it about like a ball.
But she forgot about that hole in the duster; and
when she untied it — there was no Mouse!
He has
wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard!
The End
FREDERICK WARNE
Published by the Penguin Group
Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand,
London WC2R
0RL, England
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First published by Frederick Warne 1906
This electronic edition first published 2010
New reproductions copyright ©Frederick Warne & Co., 2002
Original copyright in text and illustrations ©Frederick Warne & Co., 1906
Frederick Warne & Co. is the owner of all rights, copyrights and trademarks in the Beatrix
Potter character names and illustrations.
All rights reserved
ISBN: 978-0-72-326580-1
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