A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Beatrix Potter's tale of two mice, Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca, who creep into a beautiful dolls' house, find that its fine dinner is only plaster, make a great deal of mischief, and then find a way to pay for what they broke.
Read first 4 pagesThe opening of The Tale of Two Bad Mice: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
Once upon a time, a beautiful dolls’ house stood in a children’s nursery. It had red brick walls, white windows with real curtains, a chimney, and a front door.
Two dolls, Lucinda and Jane, lived there. Jane, the cook, never lit her stove. Lucinda owned the house yet never asked for meals. Dinner came ready-made from a shop!
What a feast! A ham, a fish, two red lobsters, a pudding, pears, and oranges, all shining. But nothing would lift off its plate.
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