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[00:04:00] For tonight's tale, selected from my bookshelf, we'll be reading Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and Friends.

[00:04:11] We'll follow Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny and Tom Kitten on their cheeky adventures around Mr. McGregor's fields.

[00:04:19] I actually recorded this story for The Sleepiest app a few years ago, so it might sound a little different, but I love it so much.

[00:04:27] I thought I'd share it with you all.

[00:04:29] I hope you enjoy.

[00:04:37] Once upon a time, there were four little rabbits.

[00:04:42] Their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.

[00:04:49] They lived with their mother in a sandbank underneath the root of a very big fir tree.

[00:04:58] 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.

[00:05:11] Now, run along and don't get into mischief.

[00:05:16] I am going out.

[00:05:19] Then, old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella and went through the woods to the bakers.

[00:05:28] She bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns.

[00:05:36] Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries.

[00:05:45] But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr. McGregor's garden and squeezed under the gate.

[00:05:56] First, he ate some lettuces and some French beans.

[00:06:00] And then, he ate some radishes.

[00:06:03] And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.

[00:06:09] But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor?

[00:06:16] Mr. McGregor was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages.

[00:06:21] But he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out,

[00:06:27] Stop! Thief!

[00:06:30] Peter was most dreadfully frightened.

[00:06:33] He rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate.

[00:06:39] He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

[00:06:46] After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster,

[00:06:50] so that I think he might have got away altogether,

[00:06:54] if he had not, unfortunately, run into a gooseberry net and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.

[00:07:01] It was a blue jacket, with brass buttons, quite new.

[00:07:07] Peter gave himself up for lost and shed big tears.

[00:07:12] But his sobs were overheard by some friendly sparrows,

[00:07:16] who flew to him in great excitement and implored him to exert himself.

[00:07:23] Mr. McGregor came up with a sieve, which he intended to pop upon the top of Peter.

[00:07:29] But Peter wriggled out just in time, leaving his jacket behind him,

[00:07:35] and rushed into the tool shed, and jumped into a can.

[00:07:41] It would have been a beautiful thing to hide him, if it had not had so much water in it.

[00:07:49] Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere in the tool shed,

[00:07:53] perhaps hidden underneath a flower pot.

[00:07:57] He began to turn them over carefully, looking under each.

[00:08:04] Presently, Peter sneezed.

[00:08:07] Cut tissue!

[00:08:09] Mr. McGregor was after him in no time,

[00:08:13] and tried to put his foot upon Peter,

[00:08:16] who jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants.

[00:08:21] The window was too small for Mr. McGregor,

[00:08:24] and he was tired of running after Peter.

[00:08:27] He went back to his work.

[00:08:31] Peter sat down to rest.

[00:08:34] He was out of breath and trembling with fright,

[00:08:38] and he had not the least idea which way to go.

[00:08:42] Also, he was very damp with sitting in that can.

[00:08:47] After a time, he began to wander about,

[00:08:52] going lippity-lippity,

[00:08:54] not very fast,

[00:08:56] and looking all around.

[00:08:59] He found a door in a wall,

[00:09:03] but it was locked,

[00:09:05] and there was no room for a fat little rabbit to squeeze underneath.

[00:09:10] An old mouse was running in and out over the stone doorstep,

[00:09:16] carrying peas and beans to her family in the wood.

[00:09:20] Peter asked her the way to the gate,

[00:09:23] but she had such a large pea in her mouth

[00:09:26] that she could not answer.

[00:09:28] She only shook her head at him.

[00:09:32] Peter began to cry.

[00:09:35] Then, he tried to find his way straight across the garden,

[00:09:39] but he became more and more puzzled.

[00:09:44] Presently, he came to a pond

[00:09:46] where Mr. McGregor filled his watering cans.

[00:09:50] A white cat was staring at some goldfish.

[00:09:54] She sat very, very still.

[00:09:57] But now and then,

[00:09:59] the tip of her tail twitched as if it were alive.

[00:10:04] Peter thought it best to go away

[00:10:07] without speaking to her.

[00:10:10] He had heard about cats from his cousin,

[00:10:13] Little Benjamin Bunny.

[00:10:15] He went back towards the tool shed,

[00:10:19] but suddenly,

[00:10:20] quite close to him,

[00:10:22] he heard the noise of a hoe,

[00:10:25] scritch, scratch,

[00:10:28] scratch,

[00:10:30] scritch.

[00:10:32] Peter scuttered under the bushes,

[00:10:35] but presently,

[00:10:36] as nothing happened,

[00:10:38] he came out

[00:10:39] and climbed upon a wheelbarrow

[00:10:42] and peeped over.

[00:10:44] The first thing he saw

[00:10:46] was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions.

[00:10:50] His back was turned towards Peter,

[00:10:52] Peter,

[00:10:54] and beyond him

[00:10:54] was the gate.

[00:10:58] Peter got down very quietly

[00:11:00] off the wheelbarrow

[00:11:02] and started running

[00:11:04] as fast as he could go

[00:11:06] along a straight walk

[00:11:08] behind some blackcurrant bushes.

[00:11:12] Mr. McGregor caught sight of him

[00:11:15] at the corner,

[00:11:16] but Peter did not care.

[00:11:18] He slipped under the gate

[00:11:21] and was safe

[00:11:23] at last in the wood

[00:11:24] outside the garden.

[00:11:27] Mr. McGregor hung up

[00:11:29] the little jacket

[00:11:30] and the shoes

[00:11:31] for a scarecrow

[00:11:33] to frighten the blackbirds.

[00:11:36] Peter never stopped running

[00:11:38] or looked behind him

[00:11:40] till he got home

[00:11:42] to the big fir tree.

[00:11:45] He was so tired

[00:11:47] that he flopped down

[00:11:49] over the nice soft sand

[00:11:51] on the floor

[00:11:52] of the rabbit hole

[00:11:53] and shut his eyes.

[00:11:56] His mother was busy cooking.

[00:11:59] She wondered

[00:12:00] what he had done

[00:12:01] with his clothes.

[00:12:03] It was the second

[00:12:04] little jacket

[00:12:05] and pair of shoes

[00:12:06] that Peter had lost

[00:12:08] in a fortnight.

[00:12:10] I'm sorry to say

[00:12:12] that Peter was not very well

[00:12:14] during the evening.

[00:12:17] His mother put him to bed

[00:12:19] and made some chamomile tea

[00:12:21] and she gave a dose of it

[00:12:23] to Peter.

[00:12:25] One tablespoon

[00:12:26] to be taken at bedtime.

[00:12:30] But Flopsy, Mopsy

[00:12:32] and Cottontail

[00:12:33] had bread and milk

[00:12:35] and blackberries for supper.

[00:12:38] The next morning

[00:12:40] a little rabbit

[00:12:42] sat on a bank.

[00:12:43] He pricked his ears

[00:12:46] and listened

[00:12:47] to the

[00:12:48] trick-trot

[00:12:48] trick-trot

[00:12:49] of a pony.

[00:12:51] A gig

[00:12:52] was coming

[00:12:53] along the road.

[00:12:54] It was driven

[00:12:55] by Mr. McGregor

[00:12:56] and beside him

[00:12:58] sat Mrs. McGregor

[00:12:59] in her best bonnet.

[00:13:02] As soon as they had passed

[00:13:04] little Benjamin Bunny

[00:13:06] slid down

[00:13:07] into the road

[00:13:08] and set off

[00:13:10] with a hop,

[00:13:11] skip and a jump

[00:13:12] to call upon

[00:13:14] his relations

[00:13:14] who lived in the wood

[00:13:16] at the back

[00:13:17] of Mr. McGregor's garden.

[00:13:20] That wood

[00:13:21] was full

[00:13:22] of rabbit holes

[00:13:23] and in the neatest

[00:13:25] sandiest

[00:13:26] hole of all

[00:13:27] lived Benjamin's

[00:13:28] aunt

[00:13:29] and his cousins

[00:13:30] Flopsy,

[00:13:32] Mopsy,

[00:13:33] Cottontail

[00:13:34] and Peter.

[00:13:36] Old Mrs. Rabbit

[00:13:38] was a widow.

[00:13:40] She earned

[00:13:41] her living

[00:13:41] by knitting

[00:13:42] rabbit wool mittens

[00:13:44] and muffetes.

[00:13:45] I once bought

[00:13:46] a pair

[00:13:47] at a bazaar.

[00:13:49] She also

[00:13:49] sold herbs

[00:13:51] and rosemary tea

[00:13:52] and rabbit

[00:13:53] tobacco

[00:13:54] which is

[00:13:56] what we call

[00:13:57] lavender.

[00:14:00] Little Benjamin

[00:14:01] did not very much

[00:14:02] want to see

[00:14:03] his aunt.

[00:14:05] He came

[00:14:06] around the back

[00:14:07] of the fir tree

[00:14:08] and nearly

[00:14:09] tumbled

[00:14:10] upon the top

[00:14:11] of his cousin

[00:14:12] Peter.

[00:14:14] Peter

[00:14:15] was sitting

[00:14:15] by himself.

[00:14:17] He looked

[00:14:18] poorly

[00:14:18] and was dressed

[00:14:20] in a red

[00:14:21] cotton

[00:14:22] pocket

[00:14:23] handkerchief.

[00:14:25] Peter,

[00:14:26] said

[00:14:27] little Benjamin

[00:14:28] in a whisper,

[00:14:29] who has got

[00:14:30] your clothes?

[00:14:33] Peter replied,

[00:14:35] the scarecrow

[00:14:37] in Mr.

[00:14:38] McGregor's

[00:14:38] garden

[00:14:39] and described

[00:14:41] how he had

[00:14:42] been chased

[00:14:43] about the garden

[00:14:44] and had dropped

[00:14:45] his shoes

[00:14:46] and coat.

[00:14:48] Little Benjamin

[00:14:49] sat down

[00:14:50] beside his cousin

[00:14:51] and assured him

[00:14:53] that Mr.

[00:14:53] McGregor

[00:14:54] had gone

[00:14:55] out in a gig

[00:14:56] and Mrs.

[00:14:57] McGregor

[00:14:58] also

[00:14:58] said he

[00:15:07] hoped

[00:15:07] that it

[00:15:08] would rain.

[00:15:09] At this

[00:15:10] point,

[00:15:10] old Mrs.

[00:15:12] Rabbit's

[00:15:12] voice

[00:15:13] was heard

[00:15:14] inside the

[00:15:15] rabbit hole

[00:15:16] calling,

[00:15:17] Cottontail,

[00:15:18] Cottontail,

[00:15:20] fetch

[00:15:20] some more

[00:15:21] chamomile.

[00:15:22] Peter,

[00:15:23] said he

[00:15:23] thought

[00:15:24] he might

[00:15:25] feel better

[00:15:26] if he went

[00:15:27] for a walk.

[00:15:30] They went

[00:15:31] away

[00:15:31] hand in

[00:15:32] hand

[00:15:32] and got

[00:15:34] upon the

[00:15:34] flat top

[00:15:35] of the

[00:15:36] wall

[00:15:36] at the

[00:15:37] bottom

[00:15:37] of the

[00:15:38] wood.

[00:15:39] From here

[00:15:40] they looked

[00:15:40] down

[00:15:41] into Mr.

[00:15:42] McGregor's

[00:15:42] garden.

[00:15:43] Peter's

[00:15:44] coat

[00:15:44] and shoes

[00:15:45] were plainly

[00:15:46] to be seen

[00:15:47] upon the

[00:15:47] scarecrow,

[00:15:49] topped

[00:15:49] with an

[00:15:50] old

[00:15:50] tam-o-shanter

[00:15:51] of Mr.

[00:15:52] McGregor's.

[00:15:54] Little

[00:15:54] Benjamin

[00:15:55] said,

[00:15:56] It spoils

[00:15:58] people's

[00:15:58] clothes

[00:15:59] to squeeze

[00:15:59] under a

[00:16:00] gate.

[00:16:01] The proper

[00:16:02] way to get

[00:16:03] in is to

[00:16:04] climb down

[00:16:05] a pear

[00:16:05] tree.

[00:16:07] Peter fell

[00:16:09] down head

[00:16:09] first,

[00:16:10] but it

[00:16:11] was of

[00:16:11] no consequence

[00:16:12] as the

[00:16:13] bed below

[00:16:14] was newly

[00:16:14] raked

[00:16:15] and quite

[00:16:16] soft.

[00:16:17] It had

[00:16:17] been sown

[00:16:18] with lettuces.

[00:16:19] They left

[00:16:21] a great

[00:16:21] many odd

[00:16:22] little

[00:16:22] footmarks

[00:16:23] all over

[00:16:24] the bed,

[00:16:25] especially

[00:16:26] little

[00:16:26] Benjamin

[00:16:27] who was

[00:16:28] wearing

[00:16:28] clogs.

[00:16:30] Little

[00:16:31] Benjamin

[00:16:31] said

[00:16:32] that the

[00:16:32] first thing

[00:16:33] to be

[00:16:34] done

[00:16:34] was to

[00:16:35] get back

[00:16:36] Peter's

[00:16:37] clothes

[00:16:37] in order

[00:16:39] that they

[00:16:39] might be

[00:16:40] able to

[00:16:40] use the

[00:16:41] pocket

[00:16:41] handkerchief.

[00:16:44] They took

[00:16:45] them off

[00:16:45] the

[00:16:45] scarecrow.

[00:16:47] There had

[00:16:48] been rain

[00:16:48] during the

[00:16:49] night.

[00:16:50] There was

[00:16:51] water in

[00:16:52] the shoes

[00:16:52] and the

[00:16:53] coat was

[00:16:54] somewhat

[00:16:55] shrunk.

[00:16:57] Peter tried

[00:16:58] on the

[00:16:59] tamashanta,

[00:17:00] but it

[00:17:01] was too

[00:17:01] big for

[00:17:02] him.

[00:17:03] Then he

[00:17:04] suggested

[00:17:05] that they

[00:17:06] should fill

[00:17:07] the pocket

[00:17:07] handkerchief

[00:17:08] with onions

[00:17:09] as a little

[00:17:11] present for

[00:17:11] his aunt.

[00:17:14] Peter did

[00:17:15] not seem

[00:17:16] to be enjoying

[00:17:17] himself.

[00:17:18] He kept

[00:17:19] hearing noises

[00:17:20] Benjamin,

[00:17:22] on the

[00:17:22] contrary,

[00:17:23] was perfectly

[00:17:25] at home

[00:17:26] and ate

[00:17:27] a lettuce

[00:17:28] leaf.

[00:17:29] He said

[00:17:30] that he

[00:17:31] was in

[00:17:32] the habit

[00:17:32] of coming

[00:17:33] to the

[00:17:33] garden with

[00:17:34] his father

[00:17:35] to get

[00:17:36] lettuces

[00:17:36] for their

[00:17:37] Sunday dinner.

[00:17:40] The name

[00:17:41] of little

[00:17:42] Benjamin's

[00:17:43] papa was

[00:17:44] old Mr.

[00:17:45] Benjamin

[00:17:46] Bunny.

[00:17:46] the

[00:17:48] lettuces

[00:17:49] certainly

[00:17:50] were

[00:17:51] very

[00:17:51] fine.

[00:17:54] Peter

[00:17:55] did not

[00:17:55] eat

[00:17:56] anything.

[00:17:57] He said

[00:17:59] he should

[00:17:59] like to

[00:18:00] go home.

[00:18:02] Presently

[00:18:03] he dropped

[00:18:04] half the

[00:18:05] onions.

[00:18:07] Little

[00:18:08] Benjamin

[00:18:08] said

[00:18:09] that it

[00:18:10] was not

[00:18:10] possible

[00:18:11] to get

[00:18:12] back up

[00:18:13] the pear

[00:18:13] tree

[00:18:13] with a load

[00:18:15] of vegetables.

[00:18:17] He led

[00:18:18] the way

[00:18:18] boldly

[00:18:19] towards the

[00:18:20] other end

[00:18:21] of the

[00:18:21] garden.

[00:18:23] They went

[00:18:23] along a

[00:18:24] little walk

[00:18:25] on planks

[00:18:26] under a

[00:18:27] sunny

[00:18:28] red

[00:18:29] brick wall.

[00:18:30] The mice

[00:18:31] sat on

[00:18:32] their

[00:18:32] doorsteps

[00:18:33] cracking

[00:18:34] cherry

[00:18:35] stones.

[00:18:36] They

[00:18:37] winked

[00:18:37] at Peter

[00:18:38] Rabbit

[00:18:38] and

[00:18:39] little

[00:18:40] Benjamin

[00:18:40] Bunny.

[00:18:41] Presently

[00:18:42] Peter

[00:18:44] let the

[00:18:45] pocket

[00:18:45] handkerchief

[00:18:46] go again.

[00:18:48] They

[00:18:48] got amongst

[00:18:49] flowerpots

[00:18:50] and frames

[00:18:51] and

[00:18:52] tubs.

[00:18:54] Peter

[00:18:54] heard

[00:18:55] noises

[00:18:55] worse

[00:18:56] than

[00:18:56] ever.

[00:18:57] His

[00:18:58] eyes

[00:18:58] were as

[00:18:59] big

[00:19:00] as

[00:19:00] lollipops.

[00:19:02] He

[00:19:03] was a

[00:19:03] step

[00:19:04] or two

[00:19:04] in front

[00:19:05] of his

[00:19:05] cousin

[00:19:06] when he

[00:19:07] suddenly

[00:19:07] stopped.

[00:19:10] This

[00:19:11] is what

[00:19:12] those

[00:19:12] little

[00:19:12] rabbits

[00:19:13] saw

[00:19:13] around

[00:19:14] the

[00:19:14] corner.

[00:19:18] Little

[00:19:18] Benjamin

[00:19:19] took

[00:19:19] one

[00:19:20] look

[00:19:20] and

[00:19:21] then

[00:19:21] in

[00:19:22] half

[00:19:23] a

[00:19:23] minute

[00:19:24] less

[00:19:25] than

[00:19:25] no

[00:19:25] time

[00:19:26] he

[00:19:28] hid

[00:19:28] himself

[00:19:28] and

[00:19:29] Peter

[00:19:30] and

[00:19:31] the

[00:19:31] onions

[00:19:31] underneath

[00:19:32] a

[00:19:33] large

[00:19:34] basket.

[00:19:36] The

[00:19:37] cat

[00:19:37] got up

[00:19:38] and

[00:19:40] stretched

[00:19:40] herself

[00:19:41] and

[00:19:42] came

[00:19:43] and

[00:19:43] sniffed

[00:19:44] at

[00:19:44] the

[00:19:45] basket.

[00:19:47] Perhaps

[00:19:48] she

[00:19:48] liked

[00:19:48] the

[00:19:49] smell

[00:19:49] of

[00:19:50] onions.

[00:19:53] Anyway,

[00:19:54] she

[00:19:54] sat

[00:19:55] down

[00:19:55] upon

[00:19:55] the

[00:19:56] top

[00:19:56] of

[00:19:56] the

[00:19:57] basket.

[00:19:58] She

[00:19:59] sat

[00:19:59] there

[00:20:00] for

[00:20:01] five

[00:20:02] hours

[00:20:03] underneath

[00:20:06] the

[00:20:07] basket

[00:20:07] and

[00:20:08] was

[00:20:08] quite

[00:20:08] dark

[00:20:09] and

[00:20:10] because

[00:20:10] the

[00:20:10] smell

[00:20:11] of

[00:20:11] onions

[00:20:11] was

[00:20:12] fearful

[00:20:13] it

[00:20:13] made

[00:20:14] Peter

[00:20:14] Rabbit

[00:20:14] and

[00:20:15] little

[00:20:16] Benjamin

[00:20:16] cry.

[00:20:18] The

[00:20:18] sun

[00:20:18] got

[00:20:19] round

[00:20:19] behind

[00:20:20] the

[00:20:20] wood

[00:20:20] and

[00:20:21] it

[00:20:21] was

[00:20:21] quite

[00:20:22] late

[00:20:22] in

[00:20:22] the

[00:20:23] afternoon

[00:20:23] but

[00:20:25] still

[00:20:25] the

[00:20:26] cat

[00:20:26] sat

[00:20:27] upon

[00:20:28] the

[00:20:28] basket.

[00:20:30] At

[00:20:31] length

[00:20:31] there

[00:20:32] was a

[00:20:32] pitter-patter

[00:20:33] pitter-patter

[00:20:34] and

[00:20:35] some

[00:20:35] bits

[00:20:36] of

[00:20:36] mortar

[00:20:36] fell

[00:20:37] from

[00:20:37] the

[00:20:37] wall

[00:20:38] above.

[00:20:39] The

[00:20:40] cat

[00:20:40] looked

[00:20:41] up

[00:20:42] and

[00:20:43] saw

[00:20:43] old

[00:20:44] Mr.

[00:20:44] Benjamin

[00:20:45] Bunny

[00:20:45] prancing

[00:20:46] along

[00:20:47] the

[00:20:47] top

[00:20:48] of

[00:20:48] the

[00:20:48] wall

[00:20:48] of

[00:20:49] the

[00:20:49] upper

[00:20:49] terrace.

[00:20:51] He

[00:20:52] was

[00:20:52] smoking

[00:20:53] a

[00:20:53] pipe

[00:20:54] of

[00:20:54] rabbit

[00:20:55] tobacco

[00:20:55] and

[00:20:56] had

[00:20:57] a

[00:20:57] little

[00:20:57] switch

[00:20:58] in

[00:20:58] his

[00:20:58] hand.

[00:20:59] he

[00:21:00] was

[00:21:01] looking

[00:21:01] for

[00:21:02] his

[00:21:02] son.

[00:21:04] Old

[00:21:05] Mr.

[00:21:06] Bunny

[00:21:06] had

[00:21:07] no

[00:21:07] opinion

[00:21:08] whatever

[00:21:09] of

[00:21:10] cats.

[00:21:12] He

[00:21:12] took

[00:21:13] a

[00:21:13] tremendous

[00:21:14] jump

[00:21:14] off

[00:21:15] the

[00:21:15] top

[00:21:15] of

[00:21:15] the

[00:21:16] wall

[00:21:16] onto

[00:21:17] the

[00:21:17] top

[00:21:18] of

[00:21:18] the

[00:21:18] cat

[00:21:19] and

[00:21:20] cuffed

[00:21:20] it

[00:21:20] off

[00:21:21] the

[00:21:21] basket

[00:21:21] and

[00:21:22] kicked

[00:21:23] it

[00:21:23] into

[00:21:24] the

[00:21:24] greenhouse

[00:21:24] scratching

[00:21:26] off

[00:21:26] a handful

[00:21:27] of

[00:21:27] fur.

[00:21:29] The

[00:21:29] cat

[00:21:30] was

[00:21:31] too

[00:21:31] much

[00:21:31] surprised

[00:21:32] to

[00:21:32] scratch

[00:21:33] back.

[00:21:35] When

[00:21:36] old

[00:21:36] Mr.

[00:21:37] Bunny

[00:21:37] had

[00:21:37] driven

[00:21:38] the

[00:21:38] cat

[00:21:39] into

[00:21:39] the

[00:21:39] greenhouse

[00:21:40] he

[00:21:41] locked

[00:21:41] the

[00:21:42] door

[00:21:42] then

[00:21:43] he

[00:21:44] came

[00:21:44] back

[00:21:45] to

[00:21:45] the

[00:21:45] basket

[00:21:45] and

[00:21:47] took

[00:21:47] out

[00:21:47] his

[00:21:47] son

[00:21:48] Benjamin

[00:21:48] by

[00:21:49] the

[00:21:49] ears

[00:21:49] and

[00:21:50] whipped

[00:21:51] him

[00:21:51] with

[00:21:51] a

[00:21:51] little

[00:21:52] switch

[00:21:53] then

[00:21:54] he

[00:21:55] took

[00:21:55] out

[00:21:55] his

[00:21:56] nephew

[00:21:56] Peter

[00:21:58] then

[00:21:59] he

[00:21:59] took

[00:22:00] out

[00:22:00] the

[00:22:00] handkerchief

[00:22:01] of

[00:22:01] onions

[00:22:02] and

[00:22:03] marched

[00:22:03] out

[00:22:04] of

[00:22:04] the

[00:22:04] garden

[00:22:05] when

[00:22:08] Mr.

[00:22:08] McGregor

[00:22:09] returned

[00:22:09] about

[00:22:10] half

[00:22:10] an

[00:22:11] hour

[00:22:11] later

[00:22:11] he

[00:22:12] observed

[00:22:13] several

[00:22:14] things

[00:22:14] which

[00:22:15] perplexed

[00:22:16] him

[00:22:17] it

[00:22:18] looked

[00:22:18] as though

[00:22:19] some

[00:22:19] person

[00:22:20] had been

[00:22:20] walking

[00:22:21] all over

[00:22:22] the

[00:22:22] garden

[00:22:22] in a

[00:22:23] pair

[00:22:24] of

[00:22:24] clogs

[00:22:24] only

[00:22:26] the

[00:22:26] footmarks

[00:22:27] were

[00:22:27] too

[00:22:27] ridiculously

[00:22:28] little

[00:22:31] also

[00:22:31] he

[00:22:32] could

[00:22:32] not

[00:22:33] understand

[00:22:33] how

[00:22:34] the

[00:22:35] cat

[00:22:35] could

[00:22:36] have

[00:22:36] managed

[00:22:37] to

[00:22:37] shut

[00:22:37] herself

[00:22:38] up

[00:22:38] inside

[00:22:39] the

[00:22:40] greenhouse

[00:22:40] locking

[00:22:42] the

[00:22:42] door

[00:22:42] upon

[00:22:44] the

[00:22:44] outside

[00:22:46] when

[00:22:47] Peter

[00:22:47] got

[00:22:48] home

[00:22:48] his

[00:22:49] mother

[00:22:49] forgave

[00:22:49] him

[00:22:50] because

[00:22:50] she

[00:22:51] was

[00:22:51] so

[00:22:51] glad

[00:22:52] to

[00:22:52] see

[00:22:52] that

[00:22:53] he

[00:22:53] had

[00:22:53] found

[00:22:54] his

[00:22:54] shoes

[00:22:54] and

[00:22:55] coat

[00:22:57] Cottontail

[00:22:57] and

[00:22:58] Peter

[00:22:58] folded

[00:22:59] up

[00:22:59] the

[00:23:00] pocket

[00:23:00] handkerchief

[00:23:01] an

[00:23:02] old

[00:23:02] Mrs.

[00:23:03] Rabbit

[00:23:03] strung

[00:23:04] up

[00:23:04] the

[00:23:04] onions

[00:23:05] and

[00:23:06] hung

[00:23:06] them

[00:23:06] from

[00:23:07] the

[00:23:07] kitchen

[00:23:07] ceiling

[00:23:08] with

[00:23:09] the

[00:23:09] bunches

[00:23:10] of

[00:23:10] herbs

[00:23:10] and

[00:23:11] the

[00:23:11] rabbit

[00:23:11] tobacco

[00:23:15] once

[00:23:16] upon

[00:23:16] a

[00:23:17] time

[00:23:17] there

[00:23:18] were

[00:23:18] three

[00:23:18] little

[00:23:18] kittens

[00:23:19] and

[00:23:20] their

[00:23:20] names

[00:23:20] were

[00:23:21] Mittens

[00:23:22] Tom

[00:23:23] Kitten

[00:23:23] and

[00:23:25] Moppet

[00:23:25] they

[00:23:27] had

[00:23:30] and

[00:23:31] they

[00:23:31] tumbled

[00:23:32] about

[00:23:32] the

[00:23:32] doorstep

[00:23:33] and

[00:23:33] played

[00:23:34] in

[00:23:34] the

[00:23:34] dust

[00:23:36] but

[00:23:37] one

[00:23:38] day

[00:23:38] their

[00:23:39] mother

[00:23:39] Mrs.

[00:23:41] Tabitha

[00:23:41] Twitchchit

[00:23:42] expected

[00:23:43] friends

[00:23:44] to

[00:23:45] tea

[00:23:45] so

[00:23:46] she

[00:23:46] fetched

[00:23:47] the

[00:23:47] kittens

[00:23:47] indoors

[00:23:48] to

[00:23:49] wash

[00:23:50] and

[00:23:50] dress

[00:23:51] them

[00:23:51] before

[00:23:52] the

[00:23:52] fine

[00:23:52] company

[00:23:53] arrived

[00:23:54] first

[00:23:56] she

[00:23:56] scrubbed

[00:23:57] their

[00:23:57] faces

[00:23:58] then

[00:23:59] she

[00:24:00] brushed

[00:24:01] their

[00:24:01] fur

[00:24:01] then

[00:24:03] she

[00:24:04] combed

[00:24:05] their

[00:24:05] tails

[00:24:06] and

[00:24:06] whiskers

[00:24:08] Tom

[00:24:09] was

[00:24:09] very

[00:24:10] naughty

[00:24:10] and

[00:24:11] he

[00:24:11] scratched

[00:24:12] Mrs.

[00:24:15] Tabitha

[00:24:15] dressed

[00:24:16] Moppet

[00:24:16] and

[00:24:17] mittens

[00:24:17] in

[00:24:18] clean

[00:24:18] pinafores

[00:24:19] and

[00:24:19] tuckers

[00:24:20] and

[00:24:21] then

[00:24:22] she

[00:24:22] took

[00:24:23] all

[00:24:23] sorts

[00:24:24] of

[00:24:24] elegant

[00:24:25] uncomfortable

[00:24:26] clothes

[00:24:26] out of

[00:24:27] the

[00:24:27] chest

[00:24:27] of

[00:24:28] drawers

[00:24:28] in

[00:24:29] order

[00:24:29] to

[00:24:29] dress

[00:24:30] up

[00:24:30] her

[00:24:30] son

[00:24:31] Thomas

[00:24:33] Tom

[00:24:34] Kitten

[00:24:34] was

[00:24:35] very

[00:24:35] fat

[00:24:35] and

[00:24:37] he

[00:24:37] had

[00:24:37] grown

[00:24:38] several

[00:24:39] buttons

[00:24:40] burst

[00:24:41] off

[00:24:41] his

[00:24:42] mother

[00:24:43] sewed

[00:24:44] them

[00:24:44] on

[00:24:44] again

[00:24:46] when

[00:24:47] the

[00:24:47] three

[00:24:48] kittens

[00:24:48] were

[00:24:48] ready

[00:24:49] Mrs.

[00:24:50] Tabitha

[00:24:51] unwisely

[00:24:52] turned them

[00:24:53] out

[00:24:53] into

[00:24:53] the

[00:24:53] garden

[00:24:54] to be

[00:24:55] out

[00:24:55] of

[00:24:55] the

[00:24:55] way

[00:24:56] while

[00:24:56] she

[00:24:56] made

[00:24:57] hot

[00:24:57] buttered

[00:24:58] toast

[00:24:58] now

[00:24:59] keep

[00:25:00] your

[00:25:00] frocks

[00:25:01] clean

[00:25:01] children

[00:25:02] you

[00:25:03] must

[00:25:04] walk

[00:25:04] on

[00:25:04] your

[00:25:04] hind

[00:25:05] legs

[00:25:05] keep

[00:25:07] away

[00:25:07] from

[00:25:08] the

[00:25:08] dirty

[00:25:08] ash

[00:25:09] pit

[00:25:09] and

[00:25:10] from

[00:25:11] Sally

[00:25:11] Henny

[00:25:12] Penny

[00:25:12] and

[00:25:13] from

[00:25:13] the

[00:25:13] pigsty

[00:25:14] and

[00:25:15] the

[00:25:15] puddle

[00:25:15] ducks

[00:25:17] moppet

[00:25:18] and

[00:25:18] mittens

[00:25:19] walked

[00:25:19] down

[00:25:20] the

[00:25:20] garden

[00:25:20] path

[00:25:21] unsteadily

[00:25:22] presently

[00:25:24] they

[00:25:25] trod

[00:25:25] upon

[00:25:26] their

[00:25:26] pinafores

[00:25:27] and fell

[00:25:28] on their

[00:25:28] noses

[00:25:29] when

[00:25:30] they

[00:25:30] stood

[00:25:31] up

[00:25:31] there

[00:25:32] were

[00:25:32] several

[00:25:33] green

[00:25:33] smears

[00:25:35] let

[00:25:36] us

[00:25:36] climb

[00:25:37] up

[00:25:37] the

[00:25:37] rockery

[00:25:38] and

[00:25:38] sit

[00:25:39] on

[00:25:39] the

[00:25:39] garden

[00:25:40] wall

[00:25:40] said

[00:25:41] moppet

[00:25:43] they

[00:25:43] turned

[00:25:44] their

[00:25:44] pinafores

[00:25:45] back

[00:25:45] to

[00:25:45] front

[00:25:46] and

[00:25:47] went

[00:25:47] up

[00:25:47] with

[00:25:48] a

[00:25:48] skip

[00:25:48] and

[00:25:48] a

[00:25:49] jump

[00:25:50] moppet

[00:25:51] white

[00:25:51] tucker

[00:25:52] fell

[00:25:52] down

[00:25:53] into

[00:25:53] the

[00:25:53] road

[00:25:55] tom

[00:25:56] kitten

[00:25:56] was

[00:25:57] quite

[00:25:57] unable

[00:25:58] to

[00:25:58] jump

[00:25:59] when

[00:26:00] walking

[00:26:00] upon

[00:26:01] his

[00:26:01] hind

[00:26:01] legs

[00:26:02] in

[00:26:02] trousers

[00:26:03] he

[00:26:03] came

[00:26:03] up

[00:26:04] the

[00:26:04] rockery

[00:26:04] by

[00:26:05] degrees

[00:26:05] breaking

[00:26:06] the

[00:26:07] ferns

[00:26:07] and

[00:26:08] shedding

[00:26:08] buttons

[00:26:09] right

[00:26:09] and

[00:26:10] left

[00:26:11] he

[00:26:12] was

[00:26:12] all

[00:26:12] in

[00:26:13] pieces

[00:26:13] when

[00:26:14] he

[00:26:14] reached

[00:26:14] the

[00:26:14] top

[00:26:15] of

[00:26:15] the

[00:26:15] wall

[00:26:16] moppet

[00:26:17] and

[00:26:17] mittens

[00:26:18] tried

[00:26:19] to

[00:26:19] pull

[00:26:19] him

[00:26:19] together

[00:26:20] his

[00:26:21] hat

[00:26:21] fell

[00:26:22] off

[00:26:22] and

[00:26:23] the

[00:26:23] rest

[00:26:23] of

[00:26:23] his

[00:26:24] buttons

[00:26:24] burst

[00:26:26] while

[00:26:27] they

[00:26:27] were

[00:26:28] in

[00:26:28] difficulties

[00:26:29] there

[00:26:30] was

[00:26:30] a

[00:26:30] pit

[00:26:30] pat

[00:26:31] paddle

[00:26:31] pat

[00:26:32] and

[00:26:32] the

[00:26:32] three

[00:26:33] puddle

[00:26:33] ducks

[00:26:34] came

[00:26:34] along

[00:26:34] the

[00:26:35] hard

[00:26:35] high

[00:26:35] road

[00:26:37] marching

[00:26:37] one

[00:26:38] behind

[00:26:39] the

[00:26:39] other

[00:26:39] and

[00:26:41] doing

[00:26:41] the

[00:26:41] goose

[00:26:41] step

[00:26:42] pit

[00:26:43] pat

[00:26:43] paddle

[00:26:44] pat

[00:26:44] pit

[00:26:45] pat

[00:26:46] waddle

[00:26:47] pat

[00:26:48] they

[00:26:49] stopped

[00:26:50] and stood

[00:26:51] in a row

[00:26:52] and stared

[00:26:54] up at the

[00:26:55] kittens

[00:26:55] they had

[00:26:57] very small

[00:26:58] eyes

[00:26:58] and looked

[00:26:59] surprised

[00:27:00] then

[00:27:01] the two

[00:27:02] duck

[00:27:02] birds

[00:27:03] Rebecca

[00:27:04] and Jemima

[00:27:06] puddleduck

[00:27:06] picked up

[00:27:08] the hat

[00:27:08] and tucker

[00:27:09] and put

[00:27:10] them

[00:27:10] on

[00:27:12] mittens

[00:27:13] laughed

[00:27:13] so that

[00:27:14] she fell

[00:27:14] off the

[00:27:15] wall

[00:27:16] moppet

[00:27:17] and tom

[00:27:18] descended

[00:27:19] after

[00:27:19] her

[00:27:19] the

[00:27:21] pinafores

[00:27:22] and all

[00:27:22] the rest

[00:27:23] of tom's

[00:27:23] clothes

[00:27:24] came off

[00:27:25] on the

[00:27:26] way down

[00:27:27] come

[00:27:28] mr

[00:27:29] drake

[00:27:29] puddle

[00:27:30] duck

[00:27:30] said

[00:27:31] moppet

[00:27:32] come

[00:27:33] and help

[00:27:33] us to

[00:27:34] dress

[00:27:34] him

[00:27:35] come

[00:27:36] and

[00:27:36] button

[00:27:36] up

[00:27:37] tom

[00:27:37] mr

[00:27:39] drake

[00:27:40] puddleduck

[00:27:41] advanced

[00:27:41] in a

[00:27:42] slow

[00:27:42] sideways

[00:27:44] manner

[00:27:44] and picked

[00:27:46] up the

[00:27:46] various

[00:27:47] articles

[00:27:48] but he

[00:27:50] put them

[00:27:50] on

[00:27:51] himself

[00:27:52] they fitted

[00:27:54] him even

[00:27:55] worse

[00:27:56] than tom

[00:27:57] kitten

[00:27:58] it's a

[00:28:00] very fine

[00:28:01] morning

[00:28:01] said

[00:28:03] mr

[00:28:03] drake

[00:28:04] puddleduck

[00:28:05] and

[00:28:06] he

[00:28:07] and jemima

[00:28:08] and rebecca

[00:28:09] puddleduck

[00:28:10] set off

[00:28:11] up the

[00:28:12] road

[00:28:12] keeping

[00:28:14] step

[00:28:14] pit

[00:28:16] pat

[00:28:16] paddle

[00:28:17] pat

[00:28:18] pit

[00:28:19] pat

[00:28:20] waddle

[00:28:21] pat

[00:28:22] then

[00:28:24] tabitha

[00:28:25] twitchett

[00:28:25] came down

[00:28:26] the garden

[00:28:27] and found

[00:28:28] her kittens

[00:28:29] on the

[00:28:30] wall

[00:28:30] with no

[00:28:32] clothes

[00:28:32] on

[00:28:34] she pulled

[00:28:36] them

[00:28:36] off

[00:28:36] the

[00:28:36] wall

[00:28:37] smacked

[00:28:38] them

[00:28:39] and took

[00:28:40] them back

[00:28:40] to the

[00:28:41] house

[00:28:42] my

[00:28:43] friends

[00:28:44] will

[00:28:44] arrive

[00:28:45] in a

[00:28:45] minute

[00:28:45] and you

[00:28:47] are not

[00:28:47] fit

[00:28:48] to be

[00:28:48] seen

[00:28:49] i

[00:28:50] am

[00:28:50] affronted

[00:28:51] said

[00:28:53] mrs tabitha

[00:28:54] twitchett

[00:28:55] she sent

[00:28:57] them

[00:28:57] upstairs

[00:28:58] and

[00:28:59] i am

[00:29:00] sorry

[00:29:00] to say

[00:29:01] she told

[00:29:02] her

[00:29:03] friends

[00:29:03] that they

[00:29:04] were in

[00:29:04] bed

[00:29:05] with the

[00:29:05] measles

[00:29:06] which

[00:29:07] was not

[00:29:08] true

[00:29:09] quite

[00:29:10] the

[00:29:10] contrary

[00:29:11] they

[00:29:12] were not

[00:29:13] in bed

[00:29:13] not

[00:29:15] in the

[00:29:16] least

[00:29:18] somehow

[00:29:18] there

[00:29:19] were

[00:29:20] very

[00:29:20] extraordinary

[00:29:21] noises

[00:29:22] overhead

[00:29:23] which

[00:29:25] disturbed

[00:29:25] the

[00:29:26] dignity

[00:29:26] and

[00:29:27] repose

[00:29:27] of the

[00:29:28] tea

[00:29:28] party

[00:29:30] as

[00:29:31] for the

[00:29:31] puddle

[00:29:32] ducks

[00:29:32] they

[00:29:33] went

[00:29:34] into

[00:29:34] a

[00:29:34] pond

[00:29:35] the

[00:29:37] clothes

[00:29:37] all

[00:29:38] came

[00:29:38] off

[00:29:38] directly

[00:29:39] because

[00:29:40] there

[00:29:41] were

[00:29:41] no

[00:29:42] buttons

[00:29:44] and

[00:29:45] mr

[00:29:45] drake

[00:29:46] puddle

[00:29:46] duck

[00:29:46] and

[00:29:47] jemima

[00:29:48] and

[00:29:49] rebecca

[00:29:49] have

[00:29:51] been

[00:29:51] looking

[00:29:51] for

[00:29:52] them

[00:29:52] ever

[00:29:53] since