And then she put on her frock and shoes and softly unlocked the back door, and slipped outside. So she just washed her hands and neck and saved her face to wash in the brook. Topsy the cat jumped off Grandma’s chair and came yawning and stretching to meet her, and Milly-Molly-Mandy had to stoop down and let Topsy the cat dab her little cold nose very, very lightly against her warm cheek, for Good morning.Īnd then Milly-Molly-Mandy went into the scullery to wash.īut when she turned on the tap she suddenly thought of the brook at the bottom of the meadow. It looked funny and dark in the kitchen, for the curtains were still drawn. So she took up her shoes and her pink-striped cotton frock, and she creepy-crept to the door and opened it, only making just one tiny little click.Īnd then she creepy-crept down the stairs, without disturbing Grandpa or Grandma or Uncle or Aunty, into the kitchen. So Milly-Molly-Mandy slid out of bed very, very quietly, and she slid into her socks, and into her clothes as far as her petticoat.Īnd then she crept to the wash-stand, but she didn’t think she could manage the big water-jug without waking Father and Mother. I think I’ll get up very, very quietly, so’s not to wake Father and Mother. It’s much too beautiful a morning to stay in bed till breakfast-time.
The doves in the dove-cote were saying " Coo-roo-o-o! to each other, in a soft, lazy sort of way and the hens round the hen-house in the field were saying Ker-ruk-ruk! to each other, in a soft, busy sort of way and Old Marmaduke the cock was yelling Doodle-doo!" to everybody, at the top of his voice, only it sounded soft because he was right the other side of the barn. Milly-Molly-Mandy (whose full name was really Millicent Margaret Amanda) knelt up on the foot of her cot-bed and softly lifted one corner of the blind, and peeped out.Īnd it was the most beautiful, quiet summer morning that ever was. And she knew it was a beautiful summer morning, because the cracks around the window-blinds were so bright she could hardly look at them. She knew it was very early, because Father and Mother were not moving (Milly-Molly-Mandy’s cot-bed was in one corner of Father’s and Mother’s room). Once upon a time, one beautiful summer morning, Milly-Molly-Mandy woke up very early.
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