The Tale of Mrs

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle tells the tale of a hidden home high in the hills. It is discovered one day by a little girl called Lucie, who is in search of her missing pocket handkerchiefs. She knocks on the tiny door, and meets Mrs Tiggy-winkle who does all the washing and ironing for the neighbouring animals. Lucie spends a lovely day helping her, and it's only right at the end of the day that she realises Mrs Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog!Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town. She was a good little girl-only she was always losing her pocket-handkerchiefs!One day little Lucie came into the farm-yard crying-oh, she did cry so! "I've lost my pocket-handkin! Three handkins and a pinny! Have you seen them, Tabby Kitten?"The Kitten went on washing her white paws; so Lucie asked a speckled hen-"Sally Henny-penny, have you found three pocket-handkins?"But the speckled hen ran into a barn, clucking-"I go barefoot, barefoot, barefoot!"And then Lucie asked Cock Robin sitting on a twig.Cock Robin looked sideways at Lucie with his bright black eye, and he flew over a stile and away.Lucie climbed upon the stile and looked up at the hill behind Little-town-a hill that goes up-up-into the clouds as though it had no top!And a great way up the hill-side she thought she saw some white things spread upon the grass.