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The poster really was most 'ticing。



There was a rush upon the opening

day。 The shop was crammed

with customers; and there were

crowds of mice upon the biscuit

canisters。



Sally Henny Penny gets rather

flustered when she tries to count

out change; and she insists on being

paid cash; but she is quite harmless。





And she has laid in a remarkable

assortment of bargains。



There is something to please

everybody。





THE END











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 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 itthere

was no Mouse!



HE has wriggled out and

run away; and he is

dancing a jig on the top of

the cupboard!





THE END









THE TALE OF

MR。 JEREMY FISHER



FOR

STEPHANIE

FROM

COUSIN B。





ONCE upon a time there

was a frog called Mr。

Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a

little damp house amongst the

buttercups at the edge of a

pond。



THE water was all slippy…

sloppy in the larder and

in the back passage。



But Mr。 Jeremy liked

getting his feet wet; nobody ever

scolded him; and he never

caught a cold!



HE was quite pleased when

he looked out and saw

large drops of rain; splashing

in the pond



〃I WILL get some worms

and go fishing and catch

a dish of minnows for my

dinner;〃 said Mr。 Jeremy

Fisher。 〃If I catch more than

five fish; I will invite my

friends Mr。 Alderman Ptolemy

Tortoise and Sir Isaac Newton。

The Alderman; however; eats

salad。〃



MR。 JEREMY put on a

macintosh; and a pair

of shiny goloshes; he took his

rod and basket; and set off

with enormous hops to the

place where he kept his boat。



THE boat was round and

green; and very like the

other lily…leaves。 It was

tied to a water…plant in

the middle of the pond。



MR。 JEREMY took a reed

pole; and pushed the

boat out into open water。 〃I

know a good place for minnows;〃

said Mr。 Jeremy

Fisher。



MR。 JEREMY stuck his

pole into the mud and

fastened his boat to it。



Then he settled himself

cross…legged and arranged his

fishing tackle。 He had the

dearest little red float。 His

rod was a tough stalk of

grass; his line was a fine long

white horse…hair; and he tied

a little wriggling worm at the

end。



THE rain trickled down his

back; and for nearly an

hour he stared at the float。



〃This is getting tiresome;

I think I should like some

lunch;〃 said Mr。 Jeremy

Fisher。



HE punted back again

amongst the water…

plants; and took some lunch

out of his basket。



〃I will eat a butterfly

sandwich; and wait till the

shower is over;〃 said Mr。

Jeremy Fisher。



A GREAT big water…beetle

came up underneath the

lily leaf and tweaked the toe

of one of his goloshes。



Mr。 Jeremy crossed his legs

up shorter; out of reach; and

went on eating his sandwich。



ONCE or twice something

moved about with a

rustle and a splash amongst

the rushes at the side of the

pond。



〃I trust that is not a rat;〃

said Mr。 Jeremy Fisher; 〃I

think I had better get away

from here。〃



MR。 JEREMY shoved the

boat out again a little

way; and dropped in the bait。

There was a bite almost

directly; the float gave a

tremendous bobbit!



〃A minnow! a minnow! I

have him by the nose!〃 cried

Mr。 Jeremy Fisher; jerking

up his rod。



BUT what a horrible

surprise! Instead of a

smooth fat minnow; Mr。

Jeremy landed little Jack

Sharp the stickleback; covered

with spines!



THE stickleback floundered

about the boat; pricking

and snapping until he was

quite out of breath。 Then he

jumped back into the water。



AND a shoal of other little

fishes put their heads

out; and laughed at Mr。

Jeremy Fisher。



AND while Mr。 Jeremy sat

disconsolately on the

edge of his boatsucking his

sore fingers and peering down

into the watera MUCH worse

thing happened; a really

FRIGHTFUL thing it would have

been; if Mr。 Jeremy had not

been wearing a macintosh!



A GREAT big enormous

trout came upker…

pflop…p…p…p! with a splash

and it seized Mr。 Jeremy with

a snap; 〃Ow! Ow! Ow!〃

and then it turned and dived

down to the bottom of the

pond!



BUT the trout was so displeased

with the taste of

the macintosh; that in less

than half a minute it spat him

out again; and the only thing

it swallowed was Mr。 Jeremy's

goloshes。



MR。 JEREMY bounced up

to the surface of the

water; like a cork and the

bubbles out of a soda water

bottle; and he swam with

all his might to the edge of

the pond。



HE scrambled out on the

first bank he came to;

and he hopped home across

the meadow with his

macintosh all in tatters。



〃WHAT a mercy that was

not a pike!〃 said

Mr。 Jeremy Fisher。 〃I have

lost my rod and basket; but

it does not much matter; for I

am sure I should never have

dared to go fishing again!〃



HE put some sticking

plaster on his fingers;

and his friends both came to

dinner。 He could not offer

them fish; but he had something

else in his larder。



SIR ISAAC NEWTON

wore his black and gold

waistcoat;



AND Mr。 Alderman Ptolemy

Tortoise brought a salad

with him in a string bag。



AND instead of a nice dish

of minnowsthey had a

roasted grasshopper with

lady…bird sauce; which frogs

consider a beautiful treat; but

_I_ think it must have been

nasty!





THE END











THE TALE OF

TIMMY TIPTOES





FOR

MANY UNKNOWN LITTLE FRIENDS;

INCLUDING MONICA







ONCE upon a time there was

a little fat comfortable

grey squirrel; called Timmy

Tiptoes。 He had a nest

thatched with leaves in the

top of a tall tree; and he

had a little squirrel wife called

Goody。



TIMMY TIPTOES sat out;

enjoying the breeze; he

whisked his tail and chuckled

〃Little wife Goody; the nuts

are ripe; we must lay up a

store for winter and spring。〃

Goody Tiptoes was busy

pushing moss under the

thatch〃The nest is so

snug; we shall be sound asleep

all winter。〃 〃Then we shall

wake up all the thinner; when

there is nothing to eat in

spring…time;〃 replied prudent

Timothy。



WHEN Timmy and Goody

Tiptoes came to the

nut thicket; they found other

squirrels were there already。



Timmy took off his jacket

and hung it on a twig; they

worked away quietly by themselves。



EVERY day they made

several journeys and

picked quantities of nuts。

They carried them away in

bags; and stored them in

several hollow stumps near

the tree where they had built

their nest。



WHEN these stumps were

full; they began to

empty the bags into a hole

high up a tree; that had belonged

to a wood…pecker; the

nuts rattled downdown


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