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Grandpa Ken

Reads

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The Tale ofBenjamin Bunny

by

Beatrix Potter

(1904)

Narrated by

Gava Pats\Librivox

Produced by

Kenneth Kunz

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One morning

a little rabbit

sat on a bank.

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He pricked

his ears

and listened

to the

trit-trot,

trit-trot

of a pony.

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A gig was coming

along the road;

it was driven

by Mr. McGregor,

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and beside

him sat

Mrs. McGregor

in her

best bonnet.

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As soon as

they had passed,

little

Benjamin Bunny

slid down

into the road,

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and set off

with a hop,

skip,and a jump

to call uponhis relations,

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who lived

in the wood

at the backof

Mr. McGregor's

garden.

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That wood

was full

of rabbit holes;

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andin the neatest,

sandiest hole

of all,

lived

Benjamin's auntand his cousins.

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Flopsy,

Mopsy,

Cotton-tail,

and Peter.

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Old

Mrs. Rabbitwas a widow;

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she earnedher living

by knittingrabbit-wool

mittens

and muffatees.

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(I once

bought a pair

at a bazaar.)

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She also

sold herbs,and

rosemary tea,

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and

rabbit-tobacco

(which is

what we call

lavender).

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Little Benjamin

did not very muchwant to see

his aunt.

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He came

round the back

of the fir-tree,

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and nearly

tumbled

upon the top

of his cousin

Peter.

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Peter

was sitting

by himself.

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He lookedpoorly,

and wasdressed

in a red cotton

pocket-handkerchief.

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"Peter,"said

little Benjamin,

in a whisper,

"whos has gotyour clothes?"

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and described

how he had

been chased

about the garden,

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and had droppedhis shoes and coat.

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Little Benjaminsat down beside

his cousin

and assuredhim that

Mr. McGregor

had gone outin a gig,

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and

Mrs. McGregor

also;

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and certainly

for the day,

because she

was wearing

her best bonnet.

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Peter said

he hopedthat it would

rain.

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At this point

old Mrs. Rabbit's

voice was heardinside the rabbit hole,

calling:

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"Cotton-tail!

Cotton-tail!

Fetch some more

chamomile!

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Peter said

he thought

he mightfeel better

if he went

for a walk.

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They went awayhand in hand,

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and got upon

the flat top

of the wall

at the bottom

of the wood.

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From here

they looked

down into

Mr. McGregor's

garden.

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Peter's coat

and shoes

were plainly

to be seen

upon the scarecrow,

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topped with

an oldtam-o'shanter

of Mr. McGregor's.

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Little Benjaminsaid:

"It spoils

people's clothes

to squeeze

under a gate;

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the proper way

to get inis to climb down

a pear-tree."

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Peter fell down

head first;

but it was

of no

consequence,

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as the bedbelow was

newly raked

and quite soft.

It had been sown

with lettuces.

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They left

a great many

odd little

foot-marks

all over the bed,

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especially

little Benjamin,who was

wearing clogs.

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LittleBenjamin

said that

the first thingto be done

was to get

back Peter'sclothes,

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in order that they

might be able

to use

the pocket-

handkerchief.

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They tookthem off

the scarecrow.

There had

been rain

during the night;

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there was water

in the shoes,

and the coat

was somewhat

shrunk.

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Benjamin

tried on

the tam-o'shanter,

but it was

too big for him.

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Then hesuggested

that they

should fill

the pocket-

handkerchief

with onions,

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as

a little present

for his aunt.

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Peter did not

seem to be

enjoying himself;

he kept

hearing noises.

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Benjamin,on the contrary,

was perfectlyat home,

and atea lettuce leaf.

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He said

that he was

in the habit

of coming

to the garden

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with his father

to get lettucesfor their

Sunday dinner.

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(The name

of little Benjamin's

papa

was old Mr.

Benjamin Bunny.)

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The lettuces

certainlywere very fine.

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Peterdid not

eat anything;

he said

he should like

to go home.

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Presently,

he droppedhalf the onions.

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Little Benjamin

said

that it wasnot possible

to get

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back up

the pear-treewith a load

of vegetables.

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He led the way

boldly towardsthe other end

of the garden.

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They went

along a little

walk on planks,

under a sunny,

red brick wall.

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They winked

at Peter Rabbitand little

Benjamin Bunny.

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Presently,

Peter letthe pocket-

handkerchief

go again.

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They got amongst

flower-pots,and frames,

and tubs.

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Peter heard noises

worse than ever;

his eyes were

as big as

lolly-pops!

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He was a step

or two in front

of his cousin,

when he

suddenly stopped.

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This is what

those little

rabbits saw

round

that corner!

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Little Benjamin

took one look,

and then,in half a minute

less than no time,

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he hid himself

and Peter

and the onionsunderneath

a large basket.

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The cat got upand stretched

herself,

and came

and sniffed

at the basket.

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Anyway,

she sat downupon the top

of the basket.

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She sat therefor five hours.

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I cannot draw

you a pictureof Peter

and Benjamin

underneaththe basket,

because it wasquite dark,

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and becausethe smell of onions

was fearful.

It made

Peter Rabbit

and little Benjamincry.


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The sun gotround behind

the wood,

and it was

quite late

in the afternoon.

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But still

the cat sat

upon the basket.

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At length

there was

a

pitter-patter,

pitter-patter.

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And some

bits of mortarfell from

the wall above.

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prancing along

the topof the wall

of the upper terrace.

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He was smoking

a pipeof rabbit-tobacco,

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and had

a little switchin his hand.

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He was lookingfor his son.

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Old Mr. Bunny

had no opinionwhatever

of cats.

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He took

a tremendous

jump off the top

of the wall

on to the top

of the cat,

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and cuffed it

off the basket,

and kicked itinto the greenhouse,

scratching offa handful of fur.

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The cat

was too muchsurprised

to scratch back.

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When old

Mr. Bunny

had driven

the cat intothe greenhouse,

he lockedthe door.

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Thenhe came back

to the basket

and took outhis son

Benjamin

by the ears,

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Thenhe took out

the handkerchief

of onions,

and marched

out of the garden.

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When

Mr. McGregor

returnedabout half

an hour later

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he observed

several thingswhich

perplexed him.

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It looked as though

some person

had been walking

all over the garden

in a pair of clogs

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only

the footmarks

were tooridiculously

little!

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Also he could

not understand

how the cat

could have

managed

to shut herself up

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inside

the greenhouse,

locking the door

upon the outside.

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When Peter

got homehis mother

forgave him,

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Cotton-tail

and Peter

folded upthe pocket-

handkerchief,

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and oldMrs. Rabbit

strung up

the onions,and hung them

from the kitchen

ceiling,

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with the bunches

of herbsand the

rabbit-tobacco.

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