 Potter intended to follow Mrs. Tittlemouse with a tale about a pig in a large format book similar to the original Ginger and Pickles . On one occasion , she passed an hour sketching inside the pig sty at Hill Top while the pig <unk> at her boots . She abandoned the pig book after fruitless attempts to make progress on it , and , instead , occupied the winter of 1910 – 11 with supervising the production of Peter Rabbit 's Painting Book , and the composition of The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes . 
