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By opting in, you agree to receive our latest offers and marketing. To unsubscribe, use the link in the footer. OK Learn more. 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.
They're always marked at washing! Tiggy-winkle made tea—a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
Tiggy-winkle's hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap there were hair-pins sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn't like to sit too near her.
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. Share: Twitter Facebook Pinterest Email.
A love of the Northern Lakes Getting out and about in the countryside, sketching and letting her mind wander was part of a rich creative process for Beatrix, bringing her some release from the rather stifled life she had in London with her overbearing parents. Stand in Beatrix's footprints 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'.
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