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The Adventures of Peter Wheat#[Bottle cover]
Cover: Walt Kelly
The Adventures of Peter Wheat #[Bottle cover]
A baby mouse trembles inside a bottle, too scared to emerge—until a sudden, startling reflection of a kitten’s face through the glass sends him into a fresh panic. Written and illustrated by Walt Kelly, this whimsical 1950 short story captures a moment of quiet suspense with playful visual trickery. The cover by Walt Kelly perfectly mirrors the tale’s clever, self-contained twist.
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The frightened baby mouse hides in a bottle, and can't come out, 'til he's scared again by seeing the enlarged image of the kitten through the bottom of the bottle.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).