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The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle - Potter Series Traditional Cache

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Parsall: I went to pay Mrs Tiggy-Winkle a visit but it seems that she has packed her bags and left a 'vacant' sign on her front door. It must be due to the amount of rubbish that has appeared in her garden. Farewell Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, you will be missed.

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Hidden : 7/3/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905) is a children's book written & illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was published by Frederick Warne & Co. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is a hedgehog washerwoman who lives in a tiny cottage in the Lake District. Lucie finds the cottage & stays for tea. The two deliver freshly laundered clothing to the animals & birds in the neighbourhood.


Plot:

A little girl named Lucie lives on a farm. She is a good little girl but has lost her handkerchiefs and pinafore. She finds a little door on a hillside and hears someone singing behind it. She knocks. A frightened voice cries out, "Who's that?" Lucie opens the door, and discovers a low-ceilinged kitchen. Everything is tiny, even the pots and pans. At the table stands a short, stout person wearing a tucked-up print gown, an apron, and a striped petticoat. She is ironing. Her little black nose goes sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes go twinkle, twinkle, and beneath her little white cap are prickles! She is Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, the animals laundress. She has found Lucy's lost things and launders them for her. They set off together down the path to return the fresh laundry to the little animals and birds in the neighbourhood. At the bottom of the hill, Lucie turns to thank Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. But Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is running, running, running up the hill. Her cap, shawl, and print gown are nowhere to be seen. How small and brown she has grown – and covered with prickles! Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is nothing but a HEDGEHOG!

Container:

You are looking for a regular size container fitting with the theme with room for a few swaps. Please replace as you find. I hope you enjoy it :-)

Original contents:

  • Log book
  • Pencil
  • Frozen sticker
  • Dice
  • Squirrel hair slide
  • Box of crayons
  • Little crocodile
  • Micro-fibre stylus pen
  • First to find silk flower

Potter Tales for you to find:

  • Potters First Tale - GC5R8NE
  • The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin - GC5T4D7
  • The Tailor of Gloucester - GC5TETQ (archived)
  • The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - GC5TYRK
  • The Tale of Two Bad Mice - GC5VQWA
  • The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle - GC5YMQF
  • The Tale of The Pie & The Patty-Pan - GC6GTGZ

Other Parsall hides for you to find:

  • Owen's Birthday Cache - GC624DH

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx ybj sbe cevpxyrf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)