sentences:  He dances a jig safely out of Miss Moppet's reach atop the cupboard.James M. Redfield, a classics professor at the University of Chicago, in his article "An Aristotelian Analysis of "Miss Moppet"" finds the story follows the tenets of Aristotle's "Poetics", with a definite beginning (the unsuccessful attempt to catch the mouse), middle (Miss Moppet pretending to be hurt and catching the mouse), and end (Miss Moppet teasing the mouse and his escape).Redfield notes that Potter makes the outcome of the plot uncertain and creates parity between the characters, which are naturally predator and prey; Potter makes Miss Moppet "young, inexperienced, female, and a pet", while the mouse is "mature, courageous, male, and independent".