She then runs into a spider who asks her: "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?", a reference to the nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet.Īn animated adaptation of the story, shown interspersed with The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, was featured on The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends in 1992. Tittlemouse sends the uninvited ladybird off with a variant of the traditional nursery rhyme Ladybird Ladybird: "Your house is on fire, Mother Ladybird! Fly away home to your children!". Jackson sitting outside drinking honey, as he can no longer fit through the door. She then holds a party for five other little mice, with Mr. She uses twigs to make her front door narrower. Tittlemouse spends a fortnight on cleaning the mess created in her home. Jackson finds the bees he pulls out their nest.įollowing Mr. Tittlemouse offers him she mops up his footprints as he rummages for honey. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies Beatrix Potter Warne, 1987 - Benjamin Bunny (Fictitious character) - 59 pages 6 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. He stays over dinner, but declines to eat the food Mrs. Jackson the toad, sitting in her rocking chair, all wet and dripping. Upon returning to her parlour, she finds the neighbour from the drain below, Mr. In a distant passage she runs into Babbitty Bumble, a bumblebee, and in a storeroom she comes across a nest of four more bees, whom she fails to remove. She turns away several unwanted visitors: beetles, a ladybird, and a big fat spider seeking shelter from the rain. Tittlemouse, who tries to keep a tidy house. The story chronicles the hardships of the wood-mouse Mrs.
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