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Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Author: Beatrix Potter

Release Date: March 8, 2005 [eBook #15284]

Language: English

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The Tale Of Johnny Town-mouse

By Beatrix Potter

AUTHOR OF "THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT," &C.

Frederick Warne & Co., Inc.

New York

1918

To Aesop In The Shadows

Johnny Town-mouse was born in a cupboard.

Timmy Willie was born in a garden. Timmy

Willie was a little country mouse who went to

town by mistake in a hamper. The gardener

sent vegetables to town once a week by

carrier; he packed them in a big hamper.

The gardener left the hamper by the garden

gate, so that the carrier could pick it up when

he passed. Timmy Willie crept in through a

hole in the wicker-work, and after eating

some peas—Timmy Willie fell fast asleep.

He awoke in a fright, while the hamper was

being lifted into the carrier's cart. Then there

was a jolting, and a clattering of horse's feet;

other packages were thrown in; for miles and

miles—jolt—jolt—jolt! and Timmy Willie

trembled amongst the jumbled up vegetables.

At last the cart stopped at a house, where the

hamper was taken out, carried in, and set

down. The cook gave the carrier sixpence; the

back door banged, and the cart rumbled away.

But there was no quiet; there seemed to be

hundreds of carts passing. Dogs barked; boys

whistled in the street; the cook laughed, the

parlour maid ran up and down-stairs; and a

canary sang like a steam engine.

Timmy Willie, who had lived all his life in a

garden, was almost frightened to death.

Presently the cook opened the hamper and

began to unpack the vegetables. Out sprang

the terrified Timmy Willie.

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