Peter Rabbit in the Original English

Jordana del Feld
Aug 31, 2018 · 7 min read

“But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.”

— Beatrix Potter

Those blackberries. The tart prize for good behavior, that Ms Potter dangles permanently just out of reach for Peter and me.

But in real life, it is the misbehaving Peter Rabbits of the world, like me, who eat blackberries for supper, and the good little bunnies get screwed.

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