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Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF MRS. TUBBS *** - - - - -_The Story of_ MRS. TUBBS - -[Illustration: ~_M^{RS} TUBBS._~ - -(_100 years old._)] - - - - -[Illustration: - - TOLD AND ILLUSTRATED BY - HUGH LOFTING - - THE - STORY - OF M^{RS} - TUBBS - - _Published by FRED^K A. STOKES C^O, 443 Fourth Av. NEW YORK_] - - - - - _Copyright, 1923, by_ - FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY - - - _All Rights Reserved_ - - - _Printed in the United States of America_ - - - - - To - - THE TWO - ELIZABETHS - - - - -_The Story of_ MRS. TUBBS - - -Once upon a time, many, many years ago, there lived a very old woman -and her name was Mrs. Tubbs. She lived on a little farm, way off in -the country. Her little house stood on the edge of the woods, not -very far from a village with a little church, and a little river with -a little bridge over it, flowed close by the house. There was a barn -too for cows and horses, only the woman hadn’t any cows or horses; she -lived all alone with a dog and a duck and a pig. The dog’s name was -Peter Punk, the duck’s name was Polly Ponk, and the pig’s name was -Patrick Pink. The old woman called them Punk, Ponk and Pink for short. - -[Illustration: Mrs. Tubbs’s Farm] - -Punk and Ponk had known one another for many years and were very good -friends. The pig they treated as a baby because they said he was very -young and hadn’t much sense. - -The old woman did not own the farm although she had lived on it so -long. The farm belonged to a man up in London who never came there at -all. This man, one fine day at the end of summer when the leaves were -beginning to fall in the woods, sent his nephew, a very silly young man -with a red face, down from London to live in the farm-house instead -of Mrs. Tubbs. - -Punk, Ponk and Pink and the old woman were all dreadfully sad at having -to leave the home where they had been so happy together for so many -years. - -As the sun was going down behind the little church one evening at the -end of Summer when the leaves were beginning to fall in the woods, they -all left the farm together, Punk in front, then Pink, then Ponk and -Mrs. Tubbs behind. - -They walked a long, long way along the edge of the woods and at last -when they saw a seat under a tree they all sat down to rest. - -[Illustration: They all sat down to rest] - -“Oh dear, oh dear,” Mrs. Tubbs kept saying, “now I have no home, no -place to sleep. And me an old woman. To be turned off the farm after -all these years! What shall I do, where shall I go? Oh dear, oh dear!” - -Then she stopped talking. Peter Punk and Polly Ponk both understood -what she said because they had lived with her so long. Pink couldn’t -understand because he was only a baby and he kept saying in animal -language:--“Let’s go on. I don’t like this place. There’s nothing to -eat here.” - -“I do think it’s a shame,” Polly Ponk said to Punk, “that the old -woman should be turned out. Did you see the way that stupid man -slammed the door after we had gone? I’d like to see him turn _me_ out -of _my_ house that way. I’d give him such a peck on his red nose he -wouldn’t try it again! But of course she is old, very old. I often -wonder how old she really is.” - -“She is over a hundred, I know,” said Punk. “Yes, it is a shame she -should have to go for that stupid booby. ‘Beefsteak-and-Onions’ I call -him. But it isn’t altogether his fault. He’s only sent here from London -by his uncle who owns the farm.” - -“Well, what are we going to do with the old lady?” asked Ponk. “She -can’t stay here.” - -[Illustration: They set Pink to digging truffles] - -“We will wait till she falls asleep,” said Punk. “Then we’ll go into -the woods and find a cave for her to spend the night in and cook -something to eat.” - -“Isn’t she asleep now?” asked Ponk. “Her eyes are shut.” - -“No,” said the dog, “she’s crying. Can’t you feel the seat shaking? She -always shuts her eyes and shakes when she cries.” - -Presently the old lady and the pig began to snore together. So they -waked poor Pink up and all three went into the woods. They set Pink -digging truffles and Polly Ponk went off to the river and caught a -fine trout while Punk got sticks together and made a fire. - -“Now who’s going to do the cooking?” asked Punk. - -“Oh, I’ll do that,” said Ponk. - -“Can you cook?” asked the dog. - -“Indeed I can,” said Polly Punk. “My Aunt Deborah used to cook at a -hotel and she showed me how. You get the fire burning and I’ll soon -have the fish fried.” - -So very soon they had a nice meal ready of fried trout and truffles for -the old lady. - -“Now,” said Punk, “we must go into the cave and get a bed ready for -Mrs. Tubbs.” - -So they went into the cave and made a fine, soft bed of leaves. - -“What shall we do for a pillow,” asked Punk. “Shall we use the pig, he -would be nice and soft?” - -“No,” said Ponk, “I’m going to use him as a hot-water bottle. It’s very -important to keep the old lady’s feet warm. But I have some feathers -back home which will make a fine pillow. They are some of my own which -I kept last moulting season.” - -“What did you do that for?” asked Punk. - -“Well,” said the duck, standing first on one foot then on the other, -“the fact is I’m not getting any younger myself and I thought that if, -when I am very old, I should get bald, I could have them stuck on with -glue or something. I’ll fly over to the farm and fetch them. I know -just where I put them: they’re in the left-hand drawer of my bureau -under my lavender bonnet.” - -With a flap of her wings she flew over the tree-tops to the farm and in -a minute was back again with the feathers in a bag. - -When they had everything ready they went and fetched Mrs. Tubbs and -showed her the supper they had prepared. But the old woman would not -eat anything but kept saying, - -“Oh dear, oh dear! What shall I do? I am turned out of house and -home, and me an old woman!” - -[Illustration: She cried herself to sleep] - -So they put her to bed in the cave, covered her over with leaves and -placed Pink at her feet as a hot-water bottle. And presently she cried -herself to sleep. - -Punk and Ponk now began to worry over what they should do with the old -woman next. - -“She can’t stay here,” said Ponk. “That’s certain. You see, Punk, she -isn’t eating anything. She is so upset and she is so old. What we’ve -got to do is to find some way to turn that booby out of the farm so she -can go back and live there.” - -“Well, what shall we do?” said the dog. - -“I don’t just know yet,” Polly Ponk answered. - -[Illustration: _TOMMY SQUEAK_ - -_The King of The Water-Rats._] - -“But in the morning before she wakes up, we must go back to the farm -and see what can be done.” - -So next morning, while the old woman was still asleep, off they all -went as the sun was getting up behind the woods. Just before they got -to the farm as they were crossing the bridge over the stream, they saw -Tommy Squeak, the King of the Water-rats coming down for his morning -bath in the river. - -“Catch him!” said Ponk. “Perhaps he’ll be able to help.” And they all -started running as hard as they could after the water-rat. Poor Tommy -Squeak was dreadfully frightened at seeing a dog and a pig and a duck -coming after him, and he made off for the river as fast as his legs -would carry him. When he came to the river he jumped in with a splash -and disappeared. Punk and Pink sat down on the grass and said, - -[Illustration: They all started running as hard as they could] - -“We’ve lost him!” - -But Polly Ponk, running up behind, never stopped but dived into the -river, swam under the water and just caught poor Mr. Squeak as he was -popping into a hole way down at the bottom of the river. She pulled him -up by his tail, carried him to the shore and put him on the grass. Then -they all gathered round him so he couldn’t run away. - -“Now,” said the duck, “don’t be frightened. Stay where you are and -do as you are told and we won’t hurt you. Listen. Do you remember, last -summer, when you were stealing cheese from the pantry up at the farm, -and you fell into a bucket of water and Mrs. Tubbs came and caught you? -Do you remember?” - -[Illustration: _They all gathered round so he couldn’t run away._] - -“Yes,” said Tommy Squeak, shaking the water off his whiskers, still -very frightened. - -“And she didn’t hurt you or give you to the cat. Do you remember?” - -“Yes,” said Tommy Squeak. - -“She let you go and told you never to come back again. Did she not?” - -“Yes,” said Tommy Squeak. - -“You know that she is the kindest woman to animals in all the world, -don’t you?” - -“Yes,” said Tommy Squeak. - -“Allright,” said Polly. “Now listen. A red-faced booby from London -Town has been sent down here to turn Mrs. Tubbs out of her house. She -is terribly old, as you know; we have taken her up into the woods. -But she won’t eat her food, she is so sad, and we can’t do a thing -with her. The Winter is coming on and we must get her back into the -farm somehow. Now you are the king of the water-rats and this is what -you must do: Call all the rats of the river together--every one of -them--thousands of them, and take them to the farm. Then worry the -booby every way you can think of. Rattle the pans in the kitchen at -night so he can’t sleep. Pull the stuffing out of the chairs. Eat holes -in his best hat. Do everything you can to drive him out. Then, if he -goes back to London Town, we can put Mrs. Tubbs back on the farm.” - -“Allright,” said Tommy Squeak. “I’ll do my best for the old woman. She -certainly ought to be put back on the farm.” - -Then he stood up on his hind-legs by the river-bank and facing up the -stream, he gave a long, loud, wonderful squeak. Then he turned and -facing down the stream he gave another. - -[Illustration: “Rats,” he said, “we have a job of work to do”] - -And presently there was a rustling sound in the grasses all around and -a whispering sound in the bushes and a splashing sound from the water. -And everywhere rats appeared, hopping and jumping towards him--big -ones and little ones, black ones, grey ones, brown ones, piebald -ones--families of them, hundreds of them--thousands--millions. And they -gathered round Tommy Squeak the King-Rat in a great, great big circle. -Their beady, black eyes looked very frightened when they saw a dog -there but they didn’t run away because the king had called them. - -Then Tommy Squeak stood up to speak to them and they all stopped -cleaning their whiskers to listen. - -“Rats,” he said, “we have a job of work to do. Follow me.” And waving -his paw to Punk, Ponk and Pink, he led the way to the farm. - -For a whole day and a night the rats worked very hard, trying to turn -the man out. They rattled the pans in the kitchen at night. They pulled -the stuffing out of his chair. They ate holes in his new, green hat. -They stopped the clock. They pulled the curtains down upon the floor. -But the man sent to London Town and got three wagon-loads of cats and -the rats were all driven back to the river. Tommy Squeak came to -Punk, Pink and Ponk on the second day and said, - -“I am sorry. We did our best, but we couldn’t move him.” - -[Illustration: _Tilly Twitter_ - -_The Queen of the Swallows_] - -So Ponk said to Punk, “Well, we must try something else.” And they left -the old woman in the woods and started off again. - -As they were crossing the river this time before they got to the farm, -they saw Tilly Twitter, the Queen of the Swallows, sitting on the -corner of the bridge. - -“Good-morning!” said Tilly. “You all look very sad.” - -“Oh, Tilly,” said Punk, with tears in his eyes, “Mrs. Tubbs has been -turned out of house and home.” - -“Good gracious!” cried Tilly. “You don’t say! Who turned her out?” - -“A man from London,” said Punk. “I call him ‘Beefsteak-and-Onions.’ Do -you think you can do anything to help us get her back to the farm?” - -“Certainly I’ll do my best,” said Tilly, pushing her crown further back -on her head. “I have built my nest over the old woman’s door for three -Springs now. I would hate to have her leave the farm for good. I’ll see -what I can do.” - -Then she flew up into the air going round and round in circles. Higher -and higher she flew and all the time she sang a beautiful song at the -top of her voice. - -And this is the song she sang: - - “_The leaves are falling in the woods. - Go get your travelling rugs and hoods. - The Summer’s gone; the snow’ll soon be here. - It’s time to fly; but we’ll come back next year._” - -Now every year when all the swallows heard Tilly Twitter sing this song -they knew it was time for them to get together to fly to Africa because -they don’t like the winter’s cold in England. So now when they heard -it they got their children together and snatching up their bags and -bundles, they all flew towards Mrs. Tubbs’s farm. So many of them came -that the sky grew dark and people thought the night was come. And the -farm-boys in the country around stopped their plough-horses and said, -“There go the swallows, getting ready to fly to Africa. The frost will -soon be here.” - -For five hours they kept coming, more and more and more of them. They -gathered around Tilly, sitting on house, on the barn and the railings, -on the gates, on the bridge and on the stones. But never on the trees. -Swallows never sit on trees. So many of them came that the whole land -seemed covered with the blue of their wings and the white of their -breasts. - -And when they had all arrived Tilly got up and spoke. - -“Swallows,” she said, “many years ago, when I first built my mud -nest under the eaves of this farm, I had five children in my nest. They -were my first family and I was very proud of them. That was before I -became the Queen of the Swallows. And being a very inexperienced mother -I built the nest too small. When my children grew up there was not -proper room for them. Philip--a very strong child--was always twisting -and turning in the nest and one day he fell out. He bumped his nose -badly on the ground but it was not far to fall and he was not much -hurt. I was just going to fly down and try to pick him up when I saw a -large weasel coming across the farm-yard to get him. My feathers stood -up on the top of my head with fright. I flew to the farm-house window -and beat upon the glass with my wings. An old woman came out. When she -saw Philip on the ground and the weasel coming to get him she threw -her porridge-spoon at the weasel, picked Philip up and put him back in -my nest. That old woman’s name was Mrs. Tubbs. She has now been turned -out of her house and a very stupid red-faced man is living on the farm -in her place. We have got to do our best to turn him out and put Mrs. -Tubbs back in her house, the same as she put my child back in his nest. -So I have called you all together a week earlier than usual this year -for our long journey to Africa, and before we leave England we have -got to see what we can do. The first thing we’ll do is to stop up his -chimney so his fire won’t burn. Then put mud all over the windows so -the light will not come in. Bring all the straw from the barn and fill -his bed-room with it. Take his best neck-tie and drop it in the river. -And do everything you can to drive him out.” - -So the swallows set to work and Punk, Ponk and Pink went back to the -old woman in the woods. - -But after two days Tilly came to them and said, - -“I am very sorry, but I have not succeeded. The cats have driven my -swallows away. He has a thousand cats in the place. What can one do?” - -So Punk said to Ponk, “We must go out and try something else.” - -But Polly Ponk answered, - -“No, you go alone this time. The old woman is getting a cold and I must -stay and look after her.” - -So Peter Punk went off with his tail dragging on the ground. He hung -about the farm and was very sad and wondered what he could do to -drive Beefsteak-and-Onions out of the house. - -[Illustration: He looked into the hole] - -Presently, feeling hungry, he remembered he had hidden a ham-bone in -the trunk of a tree behind the house some weeks ago and he went off to -see if it was still there. When he got to the tree he stood up on his -hind-legs and looked into the hole. A wasp flew out and stung him on -the nose. He sat down on the grass and watched the tree for a minute -and saw many wasps coming in and going out through the hole. Then he -understood what had happened. Thousands of wasps had made a nest in the -hollow tree. - -[Illustration: They set upon him and stung him] - -So he thought of a plan. He went and got a big stick and threw it into -the hole in the tree. Then all the wasps came flying out and tried to -sting him. He went running towards the house with the wasps after him -and ran in through the back door of the house. The wasps kept following -him--though a few stopped to sting some of the cats that were hanging -about the back door. Then he ran up the stairs by the front staircase, -into the bedrooms and down by the back-stairs. In the hall he found -Beefsteak-and-Onions, who had just come in from digging potatoes, with -a spade in his hand. Punk ran between his legs and out through the -front door. - -When the wasps could not find Punk any more they thought the man had -hidden him somewhere so they set upon him and stung him. And the rest -of them stung all the cats they could find in the house and drove them -away across the fields. - -Poor Beefsteak-and-Onions ran out into the yard and shut himself up in -the barn to get away from the wasps. Then he laid down his spade and -put on his coat and said, - -“I’ll leave this house today. My uncle can come and live here himself -if he wants to. But I’m going back to London Town. I didn’t want to -turn the old lady out anyway. I do not believe my uncle knew anyone -was living here at all. I am going today.” - -[Illustration: - - “_Hooray, Hooray! - He’s going away, - Old Beefsteak-and-Onions - Is going today._”] - -Punk was listening outside the door and heard him, so he ran off at -once back to the woods. When he got to Ponk and Pink he started dancing -on his hind-legs. - -“What’s the matter?” asked Ponk. “Have you gone crazy?” - -But all he answered was: - - “Hooray, Hooray! - He’s going away, - Old Beefsteak-and-Onions - Is going today.” - -[Illustration: They all walked back to the farm by moonlight] - -Then he told them how he had at last succeeded and they both thought he -was a very clever dog. - -It was now getting late in the evening so they went and got Mrs. Tubbs -and they all walked back to the farm by moonlight. - -And the old woman was so happy to get back to her little house that she -made them all a very fine supper. And Pink said, - -“I am glad to get back. There is something to eat here.” - -[Illustration: They used to sit round the warm fire] - -And so when the leaves were all fallen in the woods, and the trees -stood bare waiting for the snow, they used to sit round the warm fire -in the evenings toasting chestnuts and telling stories while the -kettle steamed upon the hob and the wind howled in the chimney above. -And they never had to leave the farm again and they all lived happily -ever after. - - -THE END - - - - -TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: - - - Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. - - Superscripted text is preceded by a carat character: M^{RS}. - - Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. - - Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF MRS. 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