<p>THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN BY BEATRIX POTTER<br>Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", &c.<br><br>Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names were Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet.<br><br>They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tum-bled about the doorstep and played in the dust.<br><br>But one day their mother?Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit?expected friends to tea; so she fetched the kittens indoors, to wash and dress them...