THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN - Book 11 in the Tales of Peter Rabbit & Friends
About this ebook
This tale is about manners and how children react to them.
Tabitha Twitchit, the cat, invites friends for tea. In order to prepare, she washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but unwisely let them play in the garden while she gets on with the preparations. Within moments the kittens have soiled and lost their clothes while scampering about the garden. The Puddle-Duck family, Mr Drake, Jemima and Rebeccah, pick up the clothes and put them on. Then waddle off to the pond to swim. Tabitha comes out to call the children in and is "affronted" by what she finds. She sends the kittens to bed, and tells her friends the kittens have the measles. Once the tea party is underway however, its "dignity and repose" are disturbed by the kittens romping overhead and leaving a bedroom in disorder. How did the Puddle-Duck family fare swimming in clothes? Well you’ll just have download and read this story to find out.
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TAGS: Miss Moppet, kitten, Rabbit, Beatrix Potter, children’s stories, childrens, lake district, Derwentwater, Hill Top Farm, England, bedtime stories, mischievous, animals, behaviour, fun, naughty, Tabitha Twitchit, cat, kittens, wash, dress smartly, play, garden, ruin, stain, lose, puddle-duck family, Drake puddle-duck, Jemima puddle-duck, Rebeccah puddle-duck, swim, measles, romp, disarray, misbehave, discipline,
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About the author
Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Born into an upper-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted.
Though Potter was typical of women of her generation in having limited opportunities for higher education, her study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Following this, Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time.
