This is the story of the family of Benjamin Bunny, who married his cousin Flopsy Bunnie. Their children where known collectively as the Flopsy Bunnies. Benjamin took the children scavenging, and found some over large lettuce leaves in the trash heap of Farmer McGregor. It is wondrous the effect a leaf of lettuce can have on bunnies. Soon the bunnies, as well as Benjamin were all sleeping in the grass clippings, only Benjamin thought to cover himself with and old sack. When farmer McGregor dumped additional grass clippings on the heap, he spied the little bunnies and thought to have a good feast. He bagged them up, six little bunnies. He then returned to put the mower away before heading home. Mrs. Tittlemouse, Benjamin Bunny, and his wife who had come looking for him, were frantic to save the children. But the know was too tight. However Mrs. Tittlemouse thought to gnaw the bag with her teeth. The replaced the children with items from the trash heap and the farmer went home with ta bag of old vegetable than rabbit meat and fur. Mrs. Tittlemouse would be rewarded by the bunnies, but the farmer would be chastised by his wife for such a cruel trick.
I like both these short simple stories as well as the pictures which add to the story.
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