THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN
THE TALE OF
TOM KITTEN
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit", &c.
FREDERICK WARNE
First published 1907
1907 by Frederick Warne & Co.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
William Clowes Limited, Beccles and London
DEDICATED
TO ALL
PICKLES,
—ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT
GET UPON MY GARDEN WALL
Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names wereMittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet.
They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about thedoorstep and played in the dust.
But one day their mother—Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit—expected friends to tea;so she fetched the kittens indoors, to wash and dress them, before thefine company arrived.
First she scrubbed their faces (this one is Moppet).
Then she brushed their fur, (this one is Mittens).
Then she combed their tails and whiskers (this is Tom Kitten).
Tom was very naughty, and he scratched.
Mrs. Tabitha dressed Moppet and Mittens in clean pinafores and tuckers;and then she took all sorts of elegant uncomfortable clothes out of achest of drawers, in order to dress up her son Thomas.
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