And she hung up all sorts and sizes of clothes—small brown coats of mice; and one velvety black moleskin waist-coat; and a red tailcoat with no tail belonging to Squirrel Nutkin; and a very much shrunk blue jacket belonging to Peter Rabbit; and a petticoat, not marked, that had gone lost in the washing—and at last the basket was empty! “Have you seen my pocket-handkins?”. cried Lucie—"and there's my pinny!" They’re always marked at washing!” said Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. The path ended under a big rock. A dog tries to hide from his cat friend that he doesn't... Storyberries © Copyright Protected 2015 -2020, Bedtime Stories, Fairy Tales and Poems for Kids. And a great way up the hill-side she thought she saw some white things spread upon the grass. Lucie scrambled up the hill as fast as her stout legs would carry her; she ran along a steep path-way—up and up—until Little-town was right away down below—she could have dropped a pebble down the chimney! "THERE'S one of my pocket-handkins!" And then Lucie asked Cock Robin sitting on a twig. Her little black nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle; and underneath her cap—where Lucie had yellow curls—that little person had PRICKLES! But there was something else—a door! She’ll very soon go barefoot!” said Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle had not waited either for thanks or for the washing bill! “There’s another one of mine,” said Lucie. Some one had stood a tin can upon a stone to catch the water—but the water was already running over, for the can was no bigger than an egg-cup! As she approaches the clean linens on the hill Lucie spies a door built into the side of the hill and hears someone singing a song about laundry behind it. All the way down the path little animals came out of the fern to meet them; the very first that they met were Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny! Her print gown was tucked up, and she was wearing a large apron over her striped petticoat. “What are those funny little white things?”, “That’s a pair of mittens belonging to Tabby Kitten; I only have to iron them; she washes them herself.”. and her gown—and her petticoat? Smooth and hot—red rusty spot

And where the sand upon the path was wet—there were foot-marks of a very small person. straight into the hill; and inside it some one was singing—, “Lily-white and clean, oh! If you find illegal or offensive material on our service please report to us by sending an email to, Drag & drop your files Read More. When they had finished tea, they tied up the clothes in bundles; and Lucie’s pocket-handkerchiefs were folded up inside her clean pinny, and fastened with a silver safety-pin. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were hair-pins sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.

Setting out to find them, she spots some fresh clean white cloth on the hillside.

Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle; and she fetched another hot iron from the fire. A little frightened voice called out “Who’s that?”. Then she took something else off a clothes-horse—.

“Why, there’s another handkersniff—but it isn’t mine; it’s red?”, “Oh no, if you please’m; that one belongs to old Mrs. Rabbit; and it did so smell of onions! Lucie loses too many handkerchiefs - until she finds Mrs Tiggy-Winkle washing them! It’s very bad to wash!” said Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. “Oh, that’s a pair of stockings belonging to Sally Henny-penny—look how she’s worn the heels out with scratching in the yard!

The sixth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has delighted children since its release in 1905. With little frills between, oh! Unfortunately, Bookmate cannot review all the uploaded files due to lack of technical feasibility. Lucie scrambled up the stile with the bundle in her hand; and then she turned to say “Good-night,” and to thank the washer-woman—But what a very odd thing! And here’s one marked for Gatesgarth, and three that come from Little-town. Why!

Setting out… Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town. Have you ever had a dream where, upon awakening, you were not sure whether it was true or not? Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea—a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie.

The grass was short and green, and there were clothes—props cut from bracken stems, with lines of plaited rushes, and a heap of tiny clothes pins—but no pocket-handkerchiefs! “What are these dear soft fluffy things?” said Lucie. “There’s my last pocket-handkin!” said Lucie. Then away down the hill trotted Lucie and Mrs. Tiggy-winkle with the bundles of clothes!

“Oh those are woolly coats belonging to the little lambs at Skelghyl.”.

Lucie loses too many handkerchiefs - until she finds Mrs Tiggy-Winkle washing them! “I’ve lost my pocket-handkin! Read bedtime stories and short stories for kids online with Storyberries. Cock Robin looked sideways at Lucie with his bright black eye, and he flew over a stile and away. “And what are you dipping into the basin of starch?”, “They’re little dicky shirt-fronts belonging to Tom Titmouse—most terrible particular!” said Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. “Now I’ve finished my ironing; I’m going to air some clothes.”. And she ironed it and folded it, and put it on one side. Lucie climbed upon the stile and looked up at the hill behind Little-town—a hill that goes up—up—into the clouds as though it had no top! “What’s that thing?” said Lucie—”that’s not my pocket-handkin?”, “Oh no, if you please’m; that’s a little scarlet waist-coat belonging to Cock Robin!”.

), Header illustration adapted from illustration by Beatrix Potter. I’ve had to wash it separately, I can’t get out the smell.”. MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE'S nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle; and she fetched another hot iron from the fire. 1.

You may also like . (Now some people say that little Lucie had been asleep upon the stile—but then how could she have found three clean pocket-handkins and a pinny, pinned with a silver safety-pin? Read “The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle”, by Beatrix Potter online on Bookmate – In The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a little girl named Lucie has lost three pocket handkerchiefs and a pinafore. "Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea--a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie.They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.Mrs. and her shawl? Three handkins and a pinny! And she gave them their nice clean clothes; and all the little animals and birds were so very much obliged to dear Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. So that at the bottom of the hill when they came to the stile, there was nothing left to carry except Lucie’s one little bundle. In The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a little girl named Lucie has lost three pocket handkerchiefs and a pinafore. Only the ceiling was so low that Lucie’s head nearly touched it; and the pots and pans were small, and so was everything there. Could the missing hankies be inside? “Who are you?” said Lucie.

Mrs. Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills. “There’s one of my pocket-handkins!” cried Lucie—”and there’s my pinny!”. Bookmate does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the service, and will immediately remove the content upon receipt of a compliant notification of claimed infringement. “And what are those long yellow things with fingers like gloves?”. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle was nothing but a HEDGEHOG. Never here be seen, oh!”, Lucie, knocked—once—twice, and interrupted the song. said Lucie. "Oh that is lovely!" (not more than 5 at once). One day little Lucie came into the farm-yard crying—oh, she did cry so! Have you seen them, Tabby Kitten?”, The Kitten went on washing her white paws; so Lucie asked a speckled hen—, “Sally Henny-penny, have you found three pocket-handkins?”, But the speckled hen ran into a barn, clucking—. Do you know how we wash clothes now?

... A sweet tale of a cheeky kitten and a naughty mouse!

Lucie opened the door: and what do you think there was inside the hill?—a nice clean kitchen with a flagged floor and wooden beams—just like any other farm kitchen.



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