The Story of Miss Moppet

by Beatrix Potter, 1906

A kitten and a mouse play a teasing game of trick-for-trick — and the mouse gets the last laugh from the top of the cupboard.

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

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