Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0010" id="link2H_4_0010"> </SPAN></p> <br/> <h2> THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET </h2> <p>This is a Pussy called Miss Moppet;<br/> she thinks she has heard a mouse!<br/> <br/> This is the Mouse peeping out<br/> behind the cupboard and making<br/> fun of Miss Moppet. He is not afraid<br/> of a kitten.<br/> <br/> This is Miss Moppet jumping just<br/> too late; she misses the Mouse and<br/> hits her own head.<br/></p> <p>She thinks it is a very hard<br/> cupboard!<br/> <br/> The Mouse watches Miss Moppet<br/> from the top of the cupboard.<br/> <br/> Miss Moppet ties up her head in a<br/> duster and sits before the fire.<br/></p> <p>The Mouse thinks she is looking<br/> very ill. He comes sliding down the<br/> bellpull.<br/> <br/> Miss Moppet looks worse and<br/> worse. The Mouse comes a little<br/> nearer.<br/> <br/> Miss Moppet holds her poor head in<br/> her paws and looks at him through a<br/> hole in the duster. The Mouse comes<br/> VERY close.<br/></p> <p>And then all of a sudden&mdash;Miss<br/> Moppet jumps upon the Mouse!<br/> <br/> And because the Mouse has teased<br/> Miss Moppet&mdash;Miss Moppet thinks she<br/> will tease the Mouse, which is not at<br/> all nice of Miss Moppet.<br/> <br/> She ties him up in the duster and<br/> tosses it about like a ball.<br/></p> <p>But she forgot about that hole in<br/> the duster; and when she untied it&mdash;<br/> there was no Mouse!<br/> <br/> He has wriggled out and run away;<br/> and he is dancing a jig on top of the<br/> cupboard!<br/></p> <p><br/><br/></p> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />