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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPETbyBeatrix Potter |
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This is a Pussy called Miss Moppet, she thinks she has heard a mouse! |
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This is the Mouse peeping out behind the cupboard, and making fun of Miss Moppet. He is not afraid of a kitten. |
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This is Miss Moppet jumping just too late; she misses the Mouse and hits her own head. |
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She thinks it is a very hard cupboard! |
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The Mouse watches Miss Moppet from the top of the cupboard. |
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Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire. |
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The Mouse thinks she is looking very ill. He comes sliding down the bell-pull. |
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Miss Moppet looks worse and worse. The Mouse comes a little nearer. |
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Miss Moppet holds her poor head in her paws, and looks at him through a hole in the duster. The Mouse comes very close. |
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And then all of a sudden—Miss Moppet jumps upon the Mouse! |
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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. |
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She ties him up in the duster, and tosses it about like a ball. |
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But she forgot about that hole in the duster; and when she untied it—there was no Mouse! |
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He has wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard! |