And where the sand upon the path was wet—there were footmarks of a very small person. The grass was short and green, and there were clothes-props cut from bracken stems, with lines of plaited rushes, and a heap of tiny clothes-pins—but no pocket-handkerchiefs!
With little frills between, oh! A little frightened voice called out "Who's that? Lucie opened the door: and what do you think there was inside the hill? Only the ceiling was so low that Lucie's head nearly touched it; and the pots and pans were small, and so was everything there.
Her print gown was tucked up, and she was wearing a large apron over her striped petticoat. Her little black nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle; and underneath her cap—where Lucie had yellow curls—that little person had Prickles!
The little person made a bob-curtsey—"Oh yes, if you please'm; my name is Mrs. Tiggy-winkle; oh yes if you please'm, I'm an excellent clear-starcher! It's very bad to wash! She'll very soon go barefoot! Rabbit; and it did so smell of onions! I've had to wash it separately, I can't get out the smell. And here's one marked for Gatesgarth, and three that come from Little-town.
In researching these viewpoints we were really struck by the fact that the backdrops for her characters are real scenes from Derwent Water, Cat Bells and Newlands, they're not just generic 'countryside'. Beatrix was inspired by the real places and real people that she met - for example 'Lucie' in The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle was named after Lucie Carr, the infant daughter of the vicar of Newlands parish, who Beatrix introduced to her pet hedgehog in We've created a map that's free to download to help you disover the places that inspired Beatrix for yourself.
You can even get refreshments out and about from places with a Beatrix Potter connection at Lingholm Kitchen and Walled Garden and Little Town Farm tea room , please check their websites for opening times. There are also cafes in Portinscale and Keswick. Long happy summers on the shores of Derwent Water inspired three of Beatrix Potter's most famous tales.
She finds a little door in the hillside, and hears someone singing behind it:. She knocks. A frightened voice cries out, "Who's that? Everything is tiny, even the pots and pans.
At the table stands a short, stout person wearing a tucked-up print gown, an apron, and a striped petticoat. She is ironing. Her little black nose goes sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes go twinkle, twinkle, and beneath her little white cap are prickles! She is Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, the animals' laundress and "an excellent clear-starcher".
She keeps busy with her work. She has found Lucy's lost things, and launders them for her. She also shows Lucie items belonging to Mrs. Tiggywinkle's animal customers. They have tea together though Lucie keeps away from Mrs. Tiggywinkle due to the prickles.
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