The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Tale Of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix PotterThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Tale Of Peter RabbitAuthor: Beatrix PotterRelease Date: December 8, 2004 [EBook #14304]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT ***Produced by Ronald Holder, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team,and The Internet Archive; University of Florida, PM Childrens LibraryTHE TALEOFPETER RABBIT[Illustration]THE TALEOFPETER RABBIT[Illustration]BEATRIX POTTERIllustrationsByVirginia Hibert.AKRON, O.THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CONEW YORK CHICAGO[Illustration:]THE SAALFIELD PUB. Co.1916THE TALEOFPETER RABBITOnce upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names wereFlopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.[Illustration]They lived with their mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of avery big fir tree."Now, my dears," said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, "You may go intothe fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden.[Illustration][Illustration]Your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs.McGregor."[Illustration]Now run along and don't get into mischief. I am going out."Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a ...