“Let us climb up the rockery and sit on the garden wall,” said Moppet. When they stood up there were several green smears! Presently they trod upon their pinafores and fell on their noses. Moppet and Mittens walked down the garden path unsteadily. Keep away from the dirty ash-pit, and from Sally Henny Penny, and from the pigsty and the Puddle-ducks.” “Now keep your frocks clean, children! You must walk on your hind legs. Tabitha unwisely turned them out into the garden, to be out of the way while she made hot buttered toast. Tom Kitten was very fat, and he had grown several buttons burst off. Tabitha dressed Moppet and Mittens in clean pinafores and tuckers and then she took all sorts of elegant uncomfortable clothes out of a chest of drawers, in order to dress up her son Thomas. Then she combed their tails and whiskers (this is Tom Kitten). Then she brushed their fur (this one is Mittens). Tabitha Twitchit-expected friends to tea so she fetched the kittens indoors, to wash and dress them, before the fine company arrived.įirst she scrubbed their faces (this one is Moppet). They had dear little fur coats of their own and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.īut one day their mother-Mrs. Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names were Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.

The tale of tom kitten first edition