The Story of Miss Moppet

A tabby kitten wearing a pink bow is staring at a mouse in a green jacket who is sitting in front of her.
The tabby kitten has green eyes, and she crouches down and stares intently.

This is a Pussy called Miss Moppet, she thinks she has heard a mouse!

This is the Mouse peeping out behind the cupboard, and making fun of Miss Moppet. He is not afraid of a kitten.

The mouse with the green jacket and a red bow-tie stands between a cupboard leg and the green skirting board, and points forwards.
Miss Moppet dives for the mouse and hits the cupboard with her head.

This is Miss Moppet jumping just too late; she misses the Mouse and hits her own head.

She thinks it is a very hard cupboard!

Miss Moppet touches her nose with her front left paw and looks shocked. In the background the Mouse peeks out from behind the cupboard.
The Mouse leans forwards and peers down. His long tail is curved up over his head.

The Mouse watches Miss Moppet from the top of the cupboard.

Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire.

Miss Moppet is sitting on a red cushion, with her head completely wrapped in a blue cloth so that no part of it can be seen apart from the ears.

The Mouse thinks she is looking very ill. He comes sliding down the bell-pull.

The Mouse climbs head first down a thick red rope.
The Mouse creeps towards the tail of Miss Moppet, who has still got her head wrapped up in the blue duster.

Miss Moppet looks worse and worse. The Mouse comes a little nearer.

The Mouse is close enough now to touch Miss Moppet, who is holding her head with both paws, and peeking through a small slit.

Miss Moppet holds her poor head in her paws, and looks at him through a hole in the duster. The Mouse comes very close.

And then all of a sudden⁠—Miss Moppet jumps upon the Mouse!

Miss Moppet pounces off the cushion and onto the back of the Mouse, who is trying to run away. She’s now wearing the duster as a headscarf.
Miss Moppet carefully bundles the Mouse up in the duster.

And because the Mouse has teased Miss Moppet⁠—Miss Moppet thinks she will tease the Mouse; which is not at all nice of Miss Moppet.

She ties him up in the duster, and tosses it about like a ball.

Miss Moppet throws the bundle up in the air. Through the slit in the duster the Mouse’s head can be seen.

But she forgot about that hole in the duster; and when she untied it⁠—there was no Mouse!

Miss Moppet is holding the unwrapped blue duster in her paws and looking extremely confused.
The Mouse dances with his arms out on top of the cupboard.

He has wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard!