A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Beatrix Potter's tale of three kittens dressed up for their mother's tea party: they tumble out of their fine clothes on the garden wall, and the Puddle-Ducks march off wearing them.
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Once upon a time there were three little kittens: Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. Fur was all they wore. Roll, tumble! Up puffed the dust on the sunny doorstep.
One day Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, their mother, invited friends to tea. Grand visitors must not see dusty kittens! She scooped up all three and carried them inside.
Scrub, scrub went Moppet’s face. Brush, brush went Mittens’s fur. Then came the comb for Tom’s tail and whiskers. Tom was very naughty, and he scratched!
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