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Smooth and hot—red rusty spot 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. 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! “There’s one of my pocket-handkins!” cried Lucie—”and there’s my pinny!”. Then she took something else off a clothes-horse—.
“What are these dear soft fluffy things?” said Lucie. Lucie loses too many handkerchiefs - until she finds Mrs Tiggy-Winkle washing them! straight into the hill; and inside it some one was singing—, “Lily-white and clean, oh! 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! Could the missing hankies be inside? Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea—a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. Setting out to find them, she spots some fresh clean white cloth on the hillside. There was a nice hot singey smell; and at the table, with an iron in her hand stood a very stout short person staring anxiously at Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
Tiggy-winkle! Have you ever had a dream where, upon awakening, you were not sure whether it was true or not? With little frills between, oh! “Who are you?” said Lucie. And a great way up the hill-side she thought she saw some white things spread upon the grass. (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? 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! It’s very bad to wash!” said Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. and her shawl? 1. And then they made up the fire with turf, and came out and locked the door, and hid the key under the door-sill. 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. “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!”. “Will their jackets take off?” asked Lucie. “Oh those are woolly coats belonging to the little lambs at Skelghyl.”. (not more than 5 at once).
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—. 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. Her print gown was tucked up, and she was wearing a large apron over her striped petticoat. MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE'S nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle; and she fetched another hot iron from the fire. 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. 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! Why! “I’ve lost my pocket-handkin! I’ve had to wash it separately, I can’t get out the smell.”. Never here be seen, oh!”, Lucie, knocked—once—twice, and interrupted the song.
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! The path ended under a big rock. ), Header illustration adapted from illustration by Beatrix Potter. "THERE'S one of my pocket-handkins!"
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.
“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! “Oh no, if you please’m; that’s a damask table-cloth belonging to Jenny Wren; look how it’s stained with currant wine! 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! And where the sand upon the path was wet—there were foot-marks of a very small person. 2. “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! Three handkins and a pinny! ... A sweet tale of a cheeky kitten and a naughty mouse! “There’s another one of mine,” said Lucie. And here’s one marked for Gatesgarth, and three that come from Little-town. 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. “There’s my last pocket-handkin!” said Lucie. And besides—I have seen that door into the back of the hill called Cat Bells—and besides I am very well acquainted with dear Mrs. “Have you seen my pocket-handkins?”. said Lucie. and her gown—and her petticoat? In The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a little girl named Lucie has lost three pocket handkerchiefs and a pinafore. Washing clothes used to take a very long time in the olden days. 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 had not waited either for thanks or for the washing bill!
Unfortunately, Bookmate cannot review all the uploaded files due to lack of technical feasibility. One day little Lucie came into the farm-yard crying—oh, she did cry so! 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. Presently she came to a spring, bubbling out from the hill-side. And how small she had grown—and how brown—and covered with PRICKLES! If you find illegal or offensive material on our service please report to us by sending an email to, Drag & drop your files Have you ever helped to wash the clothes? They’re always marked at washing!” said Mrs. Tiggy-winkle. The little person made a bob-curtsey—”Oh, yes, if you please’m; my name is Mrs. Tiggy-winkle; oh, yes if you please’m, I’m an excellent clear-starcher!” And she took something out of a clothes-basket, and spread it on the ironing-blanket. "Oh that is lovely!" Then away down the hill trotted Lucie and Mrs. Tiggy-winkle with the bundles of clothes! Read bedtime stories and short stories for kids online with Storyberries. cried Lucie—"and there's my pinny!" "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 then Lucie asked Cock Robin sitting on a twig. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills. You may also like . She was running running running up the hill—and where was her white frilled cap? “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.”. Cock Robin looked sideways at Lucie with his bright black eye, and he flew over a stile and away. Do you know how we wash clothes now?
Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills.
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