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Title: The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny

Author: Beatrix Potter

Release Date: December 21, 2004 [EBook #14407]

Language: English

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THE TALE OF

BENJAMIN BUNNY

BEATRIX POTTER

AUTHOR OF "THE TAIL OF PETER RABBIT," &C.

FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK WARNE & Co.

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 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.

That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of all lived Benjamin's

aunt and his cousins—Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool mittens and

muffatees (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.