# Johnny Town-Mouse — Short Fiction character guide

> Johnny Town-Mouse in Short Fiction by Beatrix Potter.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Johnny Town, Johnny Town-mouse, Johnny, The Mouse

**First appearance:** 0019-the-tale-of-johnny-town-mouse

## Snapshot

A urbane town mouse who visits the country, finds it too quiet, and returns to his hamper and his dangers.

## Who they are

Johnny Town-Mouse is the sophisticated cousin who arrives in the countryside full of news about seaside holidays, spring cleaning, and a canary killed by the cat. He samples rural life with polite skepticism, declaring the lawn-mower a fearful racket and the prospect of settling down something to be seen about by Tuesday week. His cheerful preference for town over country, despite its cats and traps, gives the story its gentle moral: one place suits one person, another place suits another.

## In the story

### [The Story of Miss Moppet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_7_se/chapters/the-story-of-miss-moppet)

The mouse that teases Miss Moppet and escapes.

### [The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_7_se/chapters/the-tale-of-johnny-town-mouse)

A sophisticated town mouse who hosts Timmy Willie and later visits the country but finds it too quiet.

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