The Tale of Peter Rabbit

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT BY BEATRIX POTTER

ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, 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.

1 'Now run along, and don't get into mischief. I am going out.'

Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella, and went through the wood to the baker's. She bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns.

Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries.

2 But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight to Mr. McGregor's garden, and squeezed under the gate!

First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes;

And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.

3 But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor!

Mr. McGregor was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages, but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out, 'Stop thief!'

Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate. He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

4 After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket. It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new.

Peter gave himself up for lost, and shed big tears; but his sobs were overheard by some friendly sparrows, who flew to him in great excitement, and implored him to exert himself.

Mr. McGregor came up with a sieve, which he intended to pop upon the top of Peter; but Peter wriggled out just in time, leaving his jacket behind him.

5 6 And rushed into the tool-shed, and jumped into a can. It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not so much water in it.

Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere in the tool-shed, perhaps hidden underneath a flower-pot. He began to turn them over carefully, looking under each.

Presently Peter sneezed - 'Kertyschoo!' Mr. McGregor was after him in no time.

And tried to put a foot upon Peter, who jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants. The window was too small for Mr. McGregor, and he was tired of running after Peter. He went back to his work.

7 Peter sat down to rest; he was out of breath and trembling with fright, and he had not the least idea which way to go. Also he was very damp with sitting in that can.After a time he began to wander about, going lippity - lippity - not very fast, and looking all around.

He found a door in a wall; but it was locked, and there was no room for a fat little rabbit to squeeze underneath.

An old mouse was running in and out over the stone doorstep, carrying peas and beans to her family in the wood. Peter asked her the way to the gate, but she had such a large pea in her mouth that she could not answer. She only shook her head at him. Peter began to cry.

Then he tried to find his way straight across the garden, but he became more and more puzzled. Presently, he came to a pond where Mr. McGregor filled his water-cans. A white cat was staring at some gold-fish, she sat very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail

8 twitched as if it were alive. Peter thought it best to go away without speaking to her; he had heard about cats from his cousin, little Benjamin Bunny.

9 He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe - scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. Peter scuttered underneath the bushes. But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheel-barrow and peeped over. The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the gate!

Peter got down very quietly off the wheel-barrow, and started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes.Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner but Peter did not care. He slipped underneath the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside the garden.

Mr. McGregor hung up the little jacket and the shoes for a scare-crow to frighten the blackbirds.

10 Peter never stopped running or looked behind him till he got home to the big fir- tree. He was so tired that he flopped down upon the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit-hole, and shut his eyes. His mother was busy cooking; she wondered what he had done with his clothes. It was the second little jacket and pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight.

I am sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening.

His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose of it to Peter!

'One tablespoon to be taken at bed-time.'

But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries, for supper.

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THE END.

12 1. ANIMALS

cat - blackbird – goldfish - rabbit – mouse – sparrow -bunny

1. ______4. ______

2. ______5. ______

3. ______6. ______

2. FOOD AND DRINK

1. Where did father end up ? a. milk 2. What did Peter drink b. currant buns 1. when he came home? 3. What did mother buy at ____ c. pie the baker’s ? 2. 4. What did mother buy at d. loaf of brown bread ____ the baker’s ? 5. What did Flopsy, Mopsy 3. and Cotton-tail drink for e. camomile tea ____ supper. 4.

5. ____

13 14 bloempot bloempot 3. THE GARDEN rake – flowerpot – sieve – pond – cucumber frame – tool shed – scarecrow – water can – sieve - wheelbarrow

1. A. Thing to keep tools for the garden in. hark hark

2. B. Gives water to plants.

3. C. Doll to scare away the birds. vogelverschrikke vogelverschrikker r

4. D. You put flowers and plants in it.

komkomme 5. E. Fishkomkomme swimr in it. broeibakr broeibak

6. F. Thing to carry heavy loads. schuu schuur r

7. G. Tool to make the ground flat.

zeef zeef 8. H. Sand will go through but big things stay behind in it.

gieter gieter 9. I. Inside it is very warm which makes the plants grow quickly.

vijve vijver kruiwagen r kruiwagen

15 4.VEGETABLES and FRUITS

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ley pars 2. ______

shes di ra 3.______

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yumm yumm taty oes po 5. ______y

as pe 6. ______yuck yuck y y tu let ce 7. ______

ba ge cab 8. ______

ans be 9. ______grossgross cum ber cu 10. ______

ons oni 11. ______

deldel tasty 16 tasty iciici ouou ss deldel iciici ouou s 5. PROVERBSs

Peter Rabbit denkt niet eerst na over het gevaar. Hij kent het spreekwoord bezint eer ge begint niet. Hij probeert van Mr. McGregor af te komen. Maar hij maakt steeds nieuwe problemen voor zichzelf. Hij helpt zichzelf van de wal in de sloot. Gelukkig weet hij toevallig thuis te komen. Eigen haard is ook voor hem goud waard.

There is no place like 1. a. Bezint eer gij begint. 1. home. Out of the frying pan Eigen haard is goud 2. b. 2. into the fire. waard. Iemand van de wal in 3. Look before you leap. c. 3. de sloot helpen.

6.PETER’S STORY

1. De konijnen familie woont a. in een zandbak bij een eikenboom. b. in een zandbank bij een dennenboom. c. in een zoutbank bij een beukenboom.

2. De kinderen mogen niet in de tuin van Mr. McGregor omdat: a. vader daar aan het werk is. b. Mr. McGregor daar aan het werk is. c. vader is opgegeten door Mrs. En Mr. McGregor.

3. Flopsy, Mopsy en Cotton-tail luisteren goed naar moeder. a. Ze gaan naar het laantje om bramen te plukken. lettuc b. Ze gaan sla, sperziebonen en radijs eten. lettuce c. Ze zijn lieve konijntjes. e

radish radish French beansFrench beans

17 4. Moeder koopt bij de bakker a. kruidkoek en brood. b. wit brood en bruin brood. c. bruin brood en krentenbollen.

5. Peter gaat toch naar de tuin want a. hij is ondeugend. b. hij heeft trek in sla. c. Hij kan makkelijk onder het hek doorkruipen.

6. Waarom zag Mr. McGregor hem eerst niet? a. Mr. McGregor zat op handen en knieën. b. Mr. McGregor had zijn bril niet op. c. Mr. McGregor was komkommer aan het planten. sieve sieve 7. Peter raakt verstrikt in het net omdat a. hij zijn schoenen had verloren. water b. hij niet uitkeek. water can c. de knopen van zijn jasje in het net bleven haken. can 8. Peter weet toch aan de zeef van Mr. McGregor te ontsnappen omdat a. de mussen hem aansporen. b. hij naar de schuur rent. c. hij zijn jasje in het net achterlaat.

9. Peter zit in gieter verstopt maar verraadt zichzelf door cucumber cucumber a. te niezen. frame b. te kniezen. frame c. over de rand te gluren.

10. Hoe voelt Peter zich nadat hij uit de schuur is ontsnapt? a. opgelucht b. hij beeft van angst c. hopeloos scarecroscarecro 11. Peter raakt steeds meer in de war toch vraagtw hij geen hulp omdat a. de muis geen tijd heeft. w b. de kat niet aardig is. c. de kat geen tijd heeft.

18 12. Hoe vindt Peter tenslotte de weg naar huis? a. Hij hoort Mr. McGregor schoffelen. b. Hij ziet Mr. McGregor de uien schoffelen. c. Hij ziet het tuinhek vanuit de kruiwagen.

13. Hoe komt Peter in het bos? a. Hij kruipt onder het hek door. b. Hij rent zo snel als hij kan. c. Mr. McGregor zag hem en toen rende hij nog veel harder.

14. Peter is wel heel erg koppig. Hoe weet je dat? a. Moeder geeft Peter kamillethee, dat is niet lekker. b. Hij valt zomaar op de grond als hij thuis is. c. 14 dagen geleden kwam hij ook thuis zonder jas en schoenen.

15. Flopsy, Mopsy en Cotton-tail krijgen voor het avondeten a. brood, melk en bramen. b. kamillethee. c. een eetlepel supper.

19 A. PUZZLE

Across 4. mus 6. merel

Down 1. muis 2. kat 3. goudvis 5. konijn

B. WRITING EXERCISE

What does your family have for supper. ? Write your short story. Use the following words: pie - camomile – currant buns - milk – loaf of bread

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20 C. JUMBLED WORDS

1. eark ______

2. eloowrtpf ______

3. dnop ______

4. rcbcuume eafrm ______

5. otlo edsh ______

6. wsccarreo ______

7. rtwae acn ______

8. eesiv ______

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D. WRITING ______

Look before you ______leap ______

Wat Peter Rabbit is overkomen ______gebeurt jou ook. Gebruik een van de ______spreekwoorden in je Engelse verhaal. ______Out of the Out of the frying pan into ______frying pan into the fire ______the fire ______

There’s no There’s no place like home place like home 21 E. WORDSEARCH

U C W S O S O T R U F P Q M Y N W A Z E N A A X H N S G Q D D J V B I O F E D T P E F K L R I E O B O T E P E V I L J B A I N R T A C A D B E R N G N D S M W O U G V T F U R P M D I V I A T M C E W O L E M R T S I H T W L S A F Z P B U C J H X E P A R S L E Y F R K N H T L J J W Z Y V A F P E G W T S Z X H H Z X J X N I N V G B R N V K W M I Y B O K C Y F C R E B M U C U C N I K O Z R L S N A E B M M V J Z N A Y Y U E B E U J Y D D S B X U D X F

BEANS BERRIES CABBAGE CUCUMBER LETTUCE ONIONS PARSLEY PEAS POTATOES RADISH

22 F. QUESTIONS

1. Op welke twee manieren waarschuwt moeder de konijntjes voor gevaar? 2. Hoe weet je dat Peter ondeugend is? 3. Waarom is Mr. McGregor niet zo blij Peter te zien? 4. Geef 3 voorbeelden hoe de jongen in de problemen komt? 5. Op welke manieren probeert het konijntje te ontsnappen aan Mr. McGregor? 6. Leg uit waarom Peter moet huilen? 7. In plaats van rondrennen gaat het konijn iets anders doen. Geef 2 voorbeelden? 8. Vertel hoe Peter tenslotte toch ontsnapt uit de tuin. 9. Wat vraagt moeder zich af?

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