The Tale of Peter Rabbit

That sounds like Beatrix Potter.

Yeah, so it's by Beatrix Potter and it's the person who wrote Peter Rabbit, that author.

So he's actually reading it.

I looked up the text on Gutenberg Project and he's just reading it.

Yeah.

Mr. McGregor.

Ugh.

Peter Rabbit.

But, of course, you've got to remember that Beatrix Potter was also a person with a Unitarian background.

Where's all the morals in Peter Rabbit, you might ask, or Puddle Duck? But she was raised in the Unitarians in Manchester.

She had aristocratic connections as well.

Although when you think about it, there is a bit of a moral in Peter Rabbit, I think.

An unlikely thought, but I think Peter Rabbit engages with the world, and certainly in Beatrice Potter's life, these were not just trivial stories, because she ends up, She ends her life, the latter part of her life is spent almost entirely in fighting for the conservation and protection of the Lakes District.

And she left her properties behind to provide money for the restoration and the conservation of that beautiful part of northern England.

It's quite a striking story.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Once upon a time there were four little rabbits and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.

They lived with their mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree.

Now, my dears, said old Mrs.

We are moving to 1902, Beatrix Potter.

Now, everyone immediately associates Beatrix Potter with The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Of course.

But her personal favorite piece of writing, the story she held closest to her heart, was a Christmas Eve story called The Tailor of Gloucester.

That's R-A-K-U-T-E-N.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Once upon a time there were four little rabbits and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.

They lived with their mother in a sand bank underneath the root of a very big fir tree.

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 now run along and don't get into mischief i am going out then old mrs rabbit took a basket and her umbrella to the baker's she bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries.

One tablespoonful to be taken at bedtime.

But Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.

End of the tale of Peter Rabbit

CHAPTER II.

Welcome back to Cozy Storytime.

Tonight's story is one of our storytime classics, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first written by Beatrix Potter.

In this story, we invite you to join Peter on a mischievous adventure in Mr. McGregor's garden.

Lie back, relax, and get cozy as our story begins.