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A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

Such as Peter Rabbit; etc。









The Original

Peter Rabbit Books

By BEATRIX POTTER

A LIST OF THE TITLES

'*indicates included here'



*The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

The Tailor of Gloucester

*The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

*The Tale of Mrs。 Tiggy…Winkle

*The Tale of Mr。 Jeremy Fisher

The Tale of Johnny Town…Mouse

*The Tale of Jemima Puddle…Duck

*The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

*The Tale of Two Bad Mice

The Tale of Tom Kitten

The Tale of Mrs。 Tittlemouse

*The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

*The Tale of Mr。 Tod

*The Tale of Pigling Bland

*The Roly Poly Pudding

*The Pie and the Patty…pan

*Ginger and Pickles

*The Story of Miss Moppet

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson??









THE TALE OF

PETER RABBIT

BY

BEATRIX POTTER







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。〃



〃NOW run along; and don't

get into mischief。 I am

going out。〃



THEN old Mrs。 Rabbit took

a basket and her umbrella;

to the baker's。 She bought a

loaf of brown bread and five

currant buns。



FLOPSY; Mopsy; and

Cottontail; who were good

little bunnies; went down the

lane to gather blackberries;



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;



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!



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。



He lost one of his shoes

among the cabbages; and the

other shoe 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; and got

caught by the large buttons on

his jacket。 It was a blue jacket

with brass buttons; quite new。



PETER gave himself up for

lost; and shed big tears;

but his sobs were overheard by

some friendly sparrows; who

flew to him in great excitement;

and implored him to

exert himself。



MR。 McGREGOR came up

with a sieve; which he

intended to pop upon the top

of Peter; but Peter wriggled

out just in time; leaving his

jacket behind him。



AND rushed into the toolshed;

and jumped into a can。

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 toolshed;

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 jumped

out of a window; upsetting

three plants。 The window was

too small for Mr。 McGregor;

and he was tired of running

after Peter。 He went back to

his work。



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

lippitynot very fast; and

looking all around。



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 that she could

not answer。 She only shook

her head at him。 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。



HE went back towards the

tool…shed; but suddenly;

quite close to him; he heard

the noise of a hoescr…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。 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 wheelbarrow;

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。



PETER never stopped running

or looked behind

him till he got home to the

big fir…tree。



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 table…spoonful to be

taken at bed…time。〃



BUT Flopsy; Mopsy; and

Cotton…tail had bread

and milk and blackberries;

for supper。



THE END









THE TALE OF

BENJAMIN BUNNY



FOR THE CHILDREN OF SAWREY

FROM

OLD MR。 BUNNY





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。



AS soon as they had passed;

little Benjamin Bunny

slid down into the road; and

set offwith a hop; skip and

a jumpto call upon his relations;

who lived in the wood at

the back of Mr。 McGregor's

garden。



THAT wood was full of

rabbit holes; and in the

neatest sandiest hole of all;

cousinsFlopsy; Mopsy;

Cotton…tail and Peter。



Old Mrs。 Rabbit was a

widow; she earned her living

by knitting rabbit…wool mittens

and muffetees (I once bought

a pair at a bazaar)。 She also

sold herbs; and rosemary tea;

and rabbit…tobacco (which is

what WE call lavender)。



LITTLE Benjamin did not

very much want to see

his Aunt。



He came round the back of

the fir…tree; and nearly tumbled

upon the top of his Cousin

Peter。



PETER was sitting by himself。

He looked poorly;

and was dressed in a red cotton

pocket…handkerchief。



〃Peter;〃said little Benjamin;

in a whisper〃who has

got your clothes?〃



PETER replied〃The scarecrow

in Mr。 McGregor's


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