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PDFTHE TALE
OF
PETER RABBIT
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BEATRIX POTTER
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By
Virginia Hibert.
Akron, O.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO
NEW YORK CHICAGO
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The SAALFIELD pub. Co.
1916
THE TALE
OF
PETER RABBIT
Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.
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They lived with their mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree.
“Now, my dears,” said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, “You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden.
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Your father had an accident there; he was put in a
pie by Mrs.
McGregor.”
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Now run along and don’t get into mischief. I am going out.”
Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella and went through the wood to the baker’s.
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She bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns.
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail who were good little bunnies went down the lane together
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To gather blackberries.
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But Peter who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr. McGregor’s garden and
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Squeezed under the gate!
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First he ate some lettuces and some French beans
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And then
He
Ate
Some
Radishes
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And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.
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But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should
he meet but Mr.
McGregor!
Mr. McGregor was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages, but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out “Stop thief!”
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Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate.
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He lost one shoe among the cabbages, and the other amongst the potatoes.
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After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster
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So that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net
