The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, by BeatrixPotterThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Tale of Johnny Town-MouseAuthor: Beatrix PotterRelease Date: March 8, 2005 [eBook #15284]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE***E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Jason Isbell, and the ProjectGutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original lovely illustrations. See 15284-h.htm or 15284-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/2/8/15284/15284-h/15284-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/2/8/15284/15284-h.zip)THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSEBy BEATRIX POTTERAuthor of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &c.Frederick Warne & Co., Inc.New York1918TO AESOP IN THE SHADOWSJohnny Town-mouse was born in a cupboard. Timmy Willie was born in agarden. Timmy Willie was a little country mouse who went to town bymistake in a hamper. The gardener sent vegetables to town once a week bycarrier; he packed them in a big hamper.The gardener left the hamper by the garden gate, so that the carriercould pick it ...