The Tale of Tom Kitten

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THE TALE OFTOM KITTEN

Once upon a time there were ~ee littlekittens, and iliei:rnames were Mittens, TomKitten, and Moppet_They had!dear little fur coats O F iliei:rown; and they rumbled. about the doorstep and.played in the dust.But one day ilieir mother-e-Mrs, Tabitha 'ill\wtd!lit-expeotedlHe!lds Ito tea; soshefetched the lcittensindoors, to wash and dress iliem,hefor,e the line company arrived.


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First she scrubbed their faces (tills one is Moppet).Then she brushedtheir fur, (tills one isMittens).

Then she combed their tails and whiskers (this is Tom Kitten).

Tom was very naughty, and ili:tej;Gaitched.Mrs, Tabitha dressed Moppet and. Mittens ill dean pinafores and tuckers; and!thenshe took al l sorts of elegant uncomfortable clothes out of a chest of drawers, illorderto dress up her son Thomas .

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Tom Kitten was very fat, and!he had grown.several buttons burst olf His mothersewed them on again.\VI1en the three kittens were ready, R>.1rs.Tabitha unwisely mmed.lilhem out into thegarden, ~obe OllTI of the way while she made Ilot buttered toast."Now keep yom frocks clean, childrenl Yon mnst walk 0]1 your hind legs. Keepaway &om.the d i u t t y ash-pit, and from Sally Henny Penny, and!from the pig-stye and.the iPu:dclle-Ducks."


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Moppet and iNITtitenswalked down the gardenpath unsteadily. Presently they trod.upon.their pinafores an d f e l l ! on Ibei:rnoses.When theystood.up there were several . green smears r"Let us climb ~ Ibe rockery, andsit on th e garden wall," said!MoppetThey ~ed. Ibeir pinaforesback o&Ol1t, and went ~ with a skip and a. jump;Moppets white tucker f e l l ! down into theroad.


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Tom Kitten was-quite unable to jump when walking upon 1li6hind legs in trousers. Hecarne lIlp tile rookery ~y degrees, ~reakffig rttheerns, mel! shedding ~llt1tOI1S rigllt andl e f t _He was all in pieces when he reached tile ~op of rtthewall,Moppet and Mittens tried topull r u m together; his hat fell off; and tile refit of hisbuttons burst.


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WMe iliey were ill diff icult ies, there was a pit pat paddlepat I and the rlmee Puddle-Dm:ilb came along ilie hard high marff i , marching onebehind the oilier and doing thegoose step=-pit pat paddle pat I pit pat waddle pat tThey stopped and stood in a row, and stared up at the kittens. They !lad very smalleyes and looked. surprised,


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Then the two duck-birds, R,el)eccm and Jemima. Puddle-Dack, picked up th e hatand turcker and!put them. on.Mittens laughed so iliat she fell off th e wall, Moppet and Tom descended after her;th e pinafores and allthe "est of Tom's clothes carne off on the way dOVVIl."Come! Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck," said Moppet-"Come and helpus to dress r u m !Come and button up Tom!"

Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck advanced in a slow sideways manner, andpicked up thevarious


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And Ile and Jemima and Rebeccah Puddle- Duck set off'up the road, .keeping step-pit pat, paddle pat ~pit pat, waddle pat IThen. Tabitha Twitchit came down ilie garden. and found Iler rottens 01'1 the wall , w t l l .no doilies 011.


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She pulled them. off ilie wallsmacked iliem, and took iliem bae1\;:o ilie house."My i l l i i o o d : s will! arrive ill aminute, and you are not fit to be seen; I


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Quite ilie contrary; they were not il l bed!:not in the le;;u~t_Sornehow there were very extraordinary noises over-ffi:tead!,whic h disturbed th edignity and repose of the tea party _And! I think thatsome day I shall have to make another , larger, book, to . e I l ! youmore about Tom Kitten l

As for ilie iPml'dle-Dureiks-they went into a.pond,


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And Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, and Jemima and Rebeccah, have been looking farthem ever since.

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