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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;
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As soon as they had passed,
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That wood was full of rabbit holes;
Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow;
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Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt. He came round the back of the fir-tree,
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Peter was sitting by himself.
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"Peter," said little Benjamin,
Peter replied, "The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,"
Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin
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Peter said he hoped that it would rain. At this point old Mrs. Rabbit's voice was heard inside the rabbit hole,
Peter said he thought he might feel better if he went for a walk. |
They went away hand in hand,
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Little Benjamin said: "It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;
Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence,
It had been sown with lettuces. |
They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed,
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Little Benjamin said that the first
They took them off the scarecrow.
Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter,
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Then he suggested that they should fill
Peter did not seem to be enjoying himself;
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Benjamin, on the contrary,
(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.) The lettuces certainly were very fine. |
Peter did not eat anything;
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Little Benjamin said that it was not possible
The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones;
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Presently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again. |
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They got amongst flower-pots,
He was a step or two in front of his
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This is what those little rabbits saw round that corner! Little Benjamin took one look, and then,
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The cat got up and stretched herself,
Perhaps she liked the smell of onions! Anyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket. |
She sat there for five hours. |
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I Cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,
The sun got round behind the wood, and it was quite late in the afternoon;
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At length there was a pitter-patter,
The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny
He was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco,
He was looking for his son. |
Old Mr. Bunny had no opinion whatever of cats. He took a tremendous jump off the top
The cat was too much surprised to scratch back. |
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When old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse,
Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,
Then he took out his nephew Peter. |
Then he took out the handkerchief of onions,
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When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour
It looked as though some person had been walking all over the garden
Also he could not understand how the cat could
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When Peter got home his mother forgave him,
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