The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Author(s): Beatrix Potter

Publication year: 1902

Source: http://ia310938.us.archive.org/2/items/thetaleofpeterra14838gut/14838.txt

Summary

This is a short story about a disobedient rabbit named Peter, who against his mother's warning invades the garden of Mr. McGregor. Peter gets caught in several predicaments while in the garden, but he does eventually make it safely back home though naked and with a cold.

Excerpt

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. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.'