“The Tale of Benjamin Bunny” — Beatrix Potter

“The Tale of Benjamin Bunny” by Beatrix Potter

On the bank

One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank.

He pricked his ears and listened to the trit-trot, trit-trot of a pony.

A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside him sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.

Hop, skip

As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road, and set off—with a hop, skip, and a jump—to call upon his relations, who lived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor’s garden.

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“I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter” — Beatrix Potter Letter

‘Eastwood, Dunfield. Sept 4th ’93
My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter. They lived with their mother in a sand bank under the root of a big fir tree.’

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