The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter






THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT

               This is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at
               his savage whiskers and his claws and
               his turned-up tail.

               This is a nice gentle Rabbit. His
               mother has given him a carrot.

               The bad Rabbit would like some
               carrot.
               He doesn't say "Please." He takes it!

               And he scratches the good Rabbit
               very badly.

               The good Rabbit creeps away and
               hides in a hole. It feels sad.
               This is a man with a gun.

               He sees something sitting on a
               bench. He thinks it is a very funny
               bird!

               He comes creeping up behind the
               trees.
               And then he shoots—BANG!

               This is what happens—

               But this is all he finds on the bench
               when he rushes up with his gun.
               The good Rabbit peeps out of its
               hole . . .

               . . . and it sees the bad Rabbit

               whiskers!




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