And then they made up the fire
with turf, and came out and locked
the door, and hid the key under the
door-sill.

Then away down the hill trotted
Lucie and Mrs. Tiggy-winkle with the
bundles of clothes!

All the way down the path little
animals came out of the fern to meet
them; the very first that they met
were Peter Rabbit and Benjamin
Bunny!

And she gave them their nice clean
clothes; and all the little animals and
birds were so very much obliged to
dear Mrs. Tiggy-winkle.

So that at the bottom of the hill
when they came to the stile, there was
nothing left to carry except Lucie's
one little bundle.


Lucie scrambled up the stile with
the bundle in her hand; and then she
turned to say "Good-night," and to
thank the washer-woman.--But what