The Story of Mrs. Tubbs

by Hugh Lofting

Published by FRED^K A. STOKES C^O, 443 Fourth Av. NEW YORK

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Copyright, 1923, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America

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To
THE TWO
ELIZABETHS

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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.

Mrs. Tubbs’s Farm