Category: THE GREAT BIG TREASURY OF BEATRIX POTTER
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The Story of Miss Moppet
This is a Pussy called Miss Moppet; she thinks she has heard a mouse!This is the Mouse peeping out behind the cupboard and making fun of Miss Moppet. He is not afraid of a kitten.This is Miss Moppet jumping just too late; she misses the Mouse and hits her own head. She thinks it is…
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The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
This is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at his savage whiskers and his claws and his turned-up tail.This is a nice gentle Rabbit. His mother has given him a carrot.The bad Rabbit would like some carrot.He doesn’t say “Please.” He takes it!And he scratches the good Rabbit very badly.The good Rabbit creeps away and hides…
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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond.The water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage. But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody ever scolded him, and he never…
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The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan Once upon a time there was a Pussy-cat called Ribby, who invited a little dog called Duchess to tea. “Come in good time, my dear Duchess,” said Ribby’s letter, “and we will have something so very nice. I am baking it in a pie-dish-a pie-dish with…
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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town. She was a good little girl-only she was always losing her pocket-handkerchiefs!One day little Lucie came into the farmyard crying-oh, she did cry so! “I’ve lost my pocket-handkin! Three handkins and…
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The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Two Bad Mice Once upon a time there was a very beautiful doll’s-house; it was red brick with white windows, and it had real muslin curtains and a front door and a chimney.It belonged to two Dolls called Lucinda and Jane; at least it belonged to Lucinda, but she never ordered meals.Jane…
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THE GREAT BIG TREASURY OF BEATRIX POTTER
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter features beloved stories like The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, celebrating whimsical animal adventures.
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin 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,…
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The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin This is a Tale about a tail-a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of a lake.In the middle of the lake there is an…
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The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailer of Gloucester In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets-when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta-there lived a tailor in Gloucester. He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross-legged on a table, from morning till dark. All day long…