The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

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THE STORY OF
A FIERCE BAD RABBIT

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THE STORY OF

A FIERCE BAD RABBIT

BY

BEATRIX POTTER

Author of
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.

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LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., Ltd.
AND NEW YORK

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the fierce bad rabbit

THIS is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.

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THIS is a nice gentle Rabbit. His mother has given him a carrot.

nice bunny sitting on bench

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bad rabbit lstanding on bench leaning over good rabbit

THE bad Rabbit would like some carrot.

HE doesn't say "Please." He takes it!

bad rabbit takes carrot and pushed gentle rabbit

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bad rabbit scratching gentle rabbit

AND he scratches the good Rabbit very badly.

THE good Rabbit creeps away, and hides in a hole. It feels sad.

gentle rabbit hiding

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THIS is a man with a gun.

hunter walking

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hunter seens bad rabbit sitting on bench

HE sees something sitting on a bench. He thinks it is a very funny bird!

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bad rabbit with runter faintly in background

HE comes creeping up behind the trees.

AND then he shoots—Bang!

hunter aiming

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a swril of ears, carrot and fluffy tail

THIS is what happens—

BUT this is all he finds on the bench, when he rushes up with his gun.

hunter running up to bench now with only a carrot and fluffy tail on it

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THE good Rabbit peeps out of its hole,

gentle rabbit looking out of hole at hunter running off

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fierce bad rabbit running off without tail

AND it sees the bad Rabbit tearing past—without any tail or whiskers!

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THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT

THE STORY OF

A FIERCE BAD RABBIT