The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, by Beatrix PotterThis 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 Timmy TiptoesAuthor: Beatrix PotterRelease Date: January 25, 2005 [EBook #14797]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES ***Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy and the PG Online DistributedProofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net).THE TALE OFTIMMY TIPTOES[Illustration]ByBEATRIX POTTERAuthor of"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.[Illustration]FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC.NEW YORK1911BYFREDERICK WARNE & Co.PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. BYPRINCETON POLYCHROME PRESSBINDING BYA. HOROWITZ & SONFORMANY UNKNOWN LITTLE FRIENDS,INCLUDING MONICA[Illustration]Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable grey squirrel, calledTimmy Tiptoes. He had a nest thatched with leaves in the top of a talltree; and he had a little squirrel wife called Goody.[Illustration]Timmy Tiptoes sat out, enjoying the breeze; he whisked his tail andchuckled--"Little wife Goody, the nuts are ripe; we must lay up a storefor winter and spring." Goody Tiptoes was busy pushing moss under thethatch--"The nest is so snug, we shall be sound asleep all winter." "Thenwe shall wake ...