# The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

By Beatrix Potter.

"The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" by Beatrix Potter is a children's book published in October 1905. When a little girl named Lucie loses her handkerchiefs and pinafore, her search leads her up a hillside to a mysterious door. Behind it lives Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, a hedgehog washerwoman who runs a laundry service for the woodland creatures. Together they deliver freshly cleaned clothes to animal neighbors, but the encounter ends with an ambiguous twist that leaves readers wondering what was real and what was dream. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Hedgehogs -- Juvenile fiction

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