Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter (version 2) — 10 - The Story of Miss Moppet

THE STORY OF

MISS MOPPET

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 bellpull.

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 top of the cupboard!