The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter

These three little kittens will have you smitten! In this lively edition of The Tale of The Tale of Tom Kitten, join Rae Wilson as we venture down the lane for an energetic reading of Beatrix Potter’s classic story. Perfectly paced for a mid-day break or story time at home, this version is designed to keep listeners entertained.

While parenting styles and social norms have evolved since these fables were first told, the lessons they teach—about kindness, hard work, and honesty—remain as relevant as ever.

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SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Forget Me
Not a Fairy Tales.

Classic stories for book lovers
of all ages.

Let's begin.

The Tale of Tom Kitten.

Written and illustrated by
Beatrix Potter.

Once upon a time, there were
three little kittens.

And their names were Mittens,
Tom Kitten, and Moppet.

They had dear little fur coats
of their own.

And they tumbled about the
doorstep and played in the dust.

But one day, their mother, Mrs.

Tabitha Twitchit, expected
friends to tea.

So she fetched the kittens
indoors to wash and dress them

before the fine company arrived.

First, she scrubbed their faces.

This one is mopping.

Then she brushed their fur.

This one is mittens.

Then she combed their tails and
whiskers.

This is Tom Kitten.

Tom was very naughty and he
scratched.

Mrs.

Tabitha dressed Moppet and
Mittens in clean pinafores and

tuckers.

And then she took all sorts of
elegant, uncomfortable clothes

out of a chest of drawers in
order to dress up her son

Thomas.

Tom Kitten was very fat and he
had grown.

Several buttons burst off.

His mother sewed them on again.

When the three kittens were
ready, Mrs.

Tabitha unwisely turned them out
into the garden to be out of the

way while she made hot butter
toast.

Now keep your frocks clean,
children.

You must walk on your hind legs.

Keep away from the dirty ash
pit.

Anne from Sally Henny Pitty.

Anne from the pig style.

And the puddle ducks.

Moppet and Mittens walked down
the garden path unsteadily.

Presently they trod upon their
pinafores and fell on their

noses.

When they stood up, there were
several green smears.

Let us climb up the rockery and
sit on the garden wall, said

Moppet.

They turned their pinaphores
back to front and went up with a

skip and a jump.

Moppet's white tucker fell down
into the road.

Tom Kitten was quite unable to
jump when walking upon his hind

legs and trousers.

He came up the rockery by
degrees, breaking the ferns and

shedding buttons right and left.

He was all in pieces when he
reached the top of the wall.

Moppet and Mittens tried to pull
him together.

His hat fell off, and the rest
of his buttons burst.

While they were in difficulties,
there was a pit paddle peck, and

the three puddle ducks came
along the hard high road,

marching one behind the other
and doing the goose step.

They stopped and stood in a row
and stared up at the kittens.

They had very small eyes and
looked surprised.

Then the two duckbirds, Rebecca
and Jemima Puddle Duck, picked

up the hat and Tucker and put
them on.

Mittens laughed so that she fell
off the wall.

Moppet and Tom descended after
her.

The pinafores and all the rest
of Tom's clothes came off on the

way down.

Come, Mr.

Drake Puddled, said Moppet.

Come and help us to dress him.

Come and button up Tom.

Mr.

Drake Puddled advanced in a
slow, sideways manner and picked

up the various articles.

But he put them on himself.

They fitted him even worse than
Tom Kitten.

It's a very fine warning, said
Mr.

Drake Puddleduck.

And he and Jemima and Rebecca
Puddle Duck set off up the road,

peeping steps.

Then Tabitha Twitchit came down
the garden and found her kittens

on the wall with no clothes on.

She pulled them off the wall,
smacked them, and took them back

to the house.

My friends will arrive in a
minute, and you are not fit to

be seen.

I am affronted, said Mrs.

Tabitha Twitchit.

She sent them upstairs, and I am
sorry to say, she told her

friends that they were in bed
with the measles, which was not

true.

Quite the contrary, they were
not in bed, not in the least.

Somehow, there were very
extraordinary noises overhead,

which disturbed the dignity and
repose of the tea party.

And I think that someday I shall
have to make another, larger

book to tell you more about Tom
Kitten.

As for the puddle ducks, they
went into a pond.

The clothes all came off
directly because there were no

buttons.

And Mr.

Drake Puddle Duck and Jemima and
Rebecca have been looking for

them ever since.

DN I hope you like this story.

The Tale of Tom Kitten.

Fairy tales contain many morals.

One lesson from this story is
take care of your things.

If you don't treat them right
and take them for granted, you

will soon find yourself with
nothing to show for.

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