The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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How it opens
'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.'…
Details
- AuthorBeatrix Potter
- SourceProject Gutenberg #14838
- Length964 words · 4 min of reading
- ChaptersNot detected
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
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