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5 Beatrix Potter Quotes

Beatrix Potter delights with playful animal tales and storytelling that spark childhood wonder.

Beatrix Potter quotes

  1. I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...

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

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  3. Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

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  4. This is a Tale about a tail - a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.

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  5. It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific.'

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