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 The Tale
of
Peter Rabbit

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 The Tale

of

Peter Rabbit
Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and
their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.

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.

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 to gather
blackberries.

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But Peter who was very naughty, ran straight away to
Mr. McGregor's garden and Squeezed under the gate!

First he ate some lettuces and some French beans And

then He Ate Some Radishes.

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 And then, feeling
rather sick, he went
to look for some
parsley.

But round the end of

a cucumber frame,
whom should he
meet but Mr.
McGregor!

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 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!"

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.

After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster

So that I think he might have got away altogether if he
had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net

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And got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.

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It was a blue
jacket with
brass buttons,
quite new.

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 Peter gave
himself up for
lost and shed
big tears;

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But his sobs
were
overheard
by some
friendly
sparrows.

Who flew to him in great excitement and implored him

to exert himself.

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Mr.
McGregor
came up
with a sieve
which he
intended to
pop on the
top of
Peter, but
Peter
wriggled
out just in
time.

Leaving his
jacket
behind
him.

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He rushed into the tool-shed and—

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Jumped into a can.

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 It would have been a
beautiful thing to hide
in, if it had not had so
much water in it. Mr.
McGregor was quite
sure that Peter was
somewhere in the
tool-shed, perhaps
hidden underneath a
flower-pot.

He began to turn
them over carefully,
looking under each.

Presently Peter
sneezed "Kertyschoo!"

Mr. McGregor was after him in no time, and tried to put

his foot upon Peter, who

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Jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants.

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 Peter sat down to rest; he
was out of breath and
trembling with fright, and
he had not the least idea
which way to go.

Also he was very damp

with sitting in that can.

After a time he began to

wander about, going
lippity—
lippity—
not very fast and looking all
around.

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He found a door in a wall; but it was locked and there
was no room for a fat little rabbit to squeeze
underneath.
An old mouse was running in and out over the stone
doorstep, carrying peas and beans to her family in the
wood. Peter asked her the way to the gate but she had
such a large pea in her mouth she could not answer.
She only shook her head at him.

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Peter began to cry.

Then he tried to find his way straight across the garden,

but he became more and more puzzled. Presently he
came to a pond where Mr. McGregor filled his water-
cans. A white cat was staring at some gold-fish; she sat
very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail
twitched as if it were alive. Peter thought it best to go
away without speaking to her.

He had heard about

cats from his cousin,
little Benjamin Bunny.

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He went back towards the tool-
shed, but suddenly, quite close to
him, he heard the noise of a
hoe—scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch,
scritch.

Peter scuttered underneath the

bushes, but presently as nothing
happened, he came out and

Climbed
upon a
wheelbarrow,
and
peeped
over.

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The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions.
His back was turned towards Peter and beyond him
was the gate!
Peter got down very quietly off the wheel-barrow and
started running as fast as he could go, along a straight
walk behind some black currant bushes. Mr. McGregor
caught sight of him at the corner, but Peter did not
care. He slipped underneath the gate and was safe at
last in the wood outside the garden.

Mr. McGregor
hung up
the little
jacket and
the shoes
for a
scare-crow
to frighten
the blackbirds.

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Peter never stopped running or looked behind him

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Till he got home to the big fir-tree.

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 He was so tired that he flopped down
upon the nice soft sand on the floor of
the rabbit hole, and shut his eyes. His
mother was busy cooking; she
wondered what he had done with his
clothes.

It was the second little jacket and pair

of shoes that Peter had lost in a
fortnight!

I am sorry to say that Peter

was not very well during the
evening. His mother put him to
bed and made some
camomile tea; and she gave
a dose of it to Peter! "One
teaspoonful to be taken at
bedtime." But—

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Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail had bread and milk and
blackberries for supper.

The End

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