Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
BEATRIX POTTERA gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat’s plate.
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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
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We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat’s plate.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
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