The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
1906
Here is a tiny book about a very naughty rabbit. The fierce bad rabbit has no manners: he scratches a gentle rabbit and snatches her carrot without asking. But bad behavior has a way of finding its own consequence. When a hunter mistakes the thief for prey, our villain learns that being fierce has painful results. The rabbit loses his tail and whiskers, and the gentle rabbit gets the last word. Beatrix Potter wrote this for the youngest readers in her beloved Peter Rabbit universe. Originally published as a fold-out wallet tied with ribbon, it was designed to be a baby's first book: simple pictures, few words, and a story that fits in small hands. The lesson is gentle but clear, the illustrations are characteristically warm, and the whole thing pulses with the quiet logic of old-fashioned nursery tales. Over a century later, it remains a charmer for toddlers discovering their first stories about rabbits who misbehave and learn their lessons.
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“She pulled them off the wall, smacked them, and took them back to the house.””
— Beatrix Potter
“The collie-dog Kep met her coming out, "What are you doing with those onions? Where do you go every afternoon by yourself, Jemima Puddle-duck?" Jemima””
— Beatrix Potter
“your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.””
— Beatrix Potter
“marching one behind the other and doing the goose step”
— Beatrix Potter
“He has wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard!””
— Beatrix Potter
“Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire.””
— Beatrix Potter
“Simpkin, with the last penny of our fourpence buy me one penn'orth of cherry-coloured silk. But do not lose the last penny of the fourpence, Simpkin, or I am undone and worn to a thread-paper, for I have NO MORE TWIST.””
— Beatrix Potter
“He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross-legged on a table, from morning till dark.””
— Beatrix Potter
“Kertyschoo!””
— Beatrix Potter
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