Beatrix Potter 
The Tale of Peter Rabbit 

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were:

Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.



They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.



‘Now my dears, ‘ said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, ‘you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. Mc Gregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. Mc Gregor.’