The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

Project Gutenberg's The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 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 the Flopsy BunniesAuthor: Beatrix PotterRelease Date: November 30, 2004 [EBook #14220]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES ***Produced by Michael Ciesielski and the Online Distributed ProofreadingTeam.[Illustration][Illustration] THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES BY BEATRIX POTTER _Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &c._[Illustration] FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC. NEW YORK 1909 FOR ALL LITTLE FRIENDS OF MR. MCGREGOR & PETER & BENJAMIN[Illustration]It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific."_I_ have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then _I_ am not arabbit.They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had alarge family, and they were very improvident and cheerful.I do not remember the separate names of their children; they weregenerally called the "Flopsy Bunnies."[Illustration][Illustration]As there was not always quite enough to eat,--Benjamin used to borrowcabbages from ...