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THE TALE OF
BENJAMIN BUNNY
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
AUTHOR OF "THE TAIL OF PETER RABBIT," &C.
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FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC.
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1904
BY
FREDERICK WARNE & Co.
Copyright renewed, 1932
FOR THE CHILDREN OF SAWREY
FROM
OLD MR. BUNNY

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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; 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.
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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.
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