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THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN
By Beatrix Potter
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BUT Nutkin, who had no respect, began to dance up and down, tickling old Mr. Brown with a nettle and singing--

   “Old Mr. B! Riddle-me-ree!
    Hitty Pitty within the wall,
    Hitty Pitty without the wall;
    If you touch Hitty Pitty,
    Hitty Pitty will bite you!”

Mr. Brown woke up suddenly and carried the mole into his house.
 
Illustration from the classic children's story The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter



HE shut the door in Nutkin’s face. Presently a little thread of blue smoke from a wood fire came up from the top of the tree, and Nutkin peeped through the key-hole and sang--

   “A house full, a hole full!
    And you cannot gather a bowl-full!”
 
Illustration from the classic children's story The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter

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The complete text and the illustrations of "The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin" by Beatrix Potter displayed here are, to the best of my knowledge, in the public domain.