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 bellpull. | |
| 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 it—
there was no Mouse!
He has wriggled out and run away;
and he is dancing a jig on top of the
cupboard!