THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE

By BEATRIX POTTER

Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &c.

Frederick Warne & Co., Inc.
New York

1918




TO AESOP IN THE SHADOWS




Johnny Town-mouse was born in a cupboard. Timmy Willie was born in a
garden. Timmy Willie was a little country mouse who went to town by
mistake in a hamper. The gardener sent vegetables to town once a week by
carrier; he packed them in a big hamper.

The gardener left the hamper by the garden gate, so that the carrier
could pick it up when he passed. Timmy Willie crept in through a hole in
the wicker-work, and after eating some peas--Timmy Willie fell fast
asleep.

He awoke in a fright, while the hamper was being lifted into the carrier's