The story of a fierce bad rabbit

THE STORY OF

A FIERCE BAD RABBf^J'%JOf!-^5TJTy?T

BEATRIX POTTER

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THE STORY OF

A FIERCE BAD RABBIT

THE STORY OF

A FIERCE BAD RABBIT

BY

BEATRIX POTTERAuthor of

" The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.

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1 HIS is a fierce badRabbit

;look at his

savage whiskers, and his

claws and his turned-up tail.

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1 HIS is a nice gentle

Rabbit. His motherhas given him a carrot.

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THE bad Rabbit would

like some carrot.

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E doesn't say"Please/

He takes it !

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A ND he scratches the goodRabbit very badly.

HPHE good Rabbit creeps

away, and hides in a

hole. It feels sad.

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1HIS is a man with a

gun.

T_TE sees something sitting

on a bench. He thinks

it is a very funny bird !

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HE comes creeping upbehind the trees.

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ND then he shoots

BANG !

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HPHIS is what happens

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TOUT this is all he finds

on the bench, when he

rushes up with his gun.

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1 HE good Rabbit peepsout of its hole,

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\ ND it sees the bad Rabbit

tearing past without

any tail or whiskers !

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