Potter, Beatrix

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Timmy Willie, a country mouse, is carried to town in a vegetable hamper and welcomed by Johnny Town-mouse and his polite friends. But the elegant dinner is noisy, cat-haunted, and far too busy for Timmy Willie’s quiet country ways, so he hurries home again. Later, Johnny Town-mouse visits the country and finds it damp, rough, and not quite to his taste either. With gentle humor and charming detail, Beatrix Potter shows that different places suit different creatures best.