Painting and drawing book : with Tale of Peter Rabbit (1915)
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 · New York : Hurst & Co. · leaf 89
He went back towards thetool-shed, but suddenly, quiteclose to him, he heard thenoise of a hoe—scr-r-ritch,scratch, scratch, scritch. Peterscuttered underneath thebushes. But presently, asnothing happened, he cameout, and climed upon a wheel-barrow, and peeped over. Thefirst thing he saw was… … His back was turned to-wards Peter, and beyond himwas the gate. Peter got down very quietlyoff the wheelbarrow, andstarted running as fast as hecould go along a straight walkbehind some black-currantbushes. Mr. McGregor caughtsight of him at the corner, butPeter did not care. He slipped underneath…
Animals · Children's stories, English
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