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The Tale of Peter Rabbit: the old mouse

Author: Beatrix Potter Year: 1902 Length: 269 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

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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.

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Beatrix Potter first wrote this story in an illustrated letter to a friend's son, Noel Moore, in 1893. When publishers turned the book down she printed two hundred and fifty copies at her own cost in 1901. Frederick Warne brought it out the next year, and it has stayed in print ever since. Potter spent the money from her books on farms in the Lake District, which she later left to the National Trust.

About this text

Beatrix Potter first wrote this story in an illustrated letter to a friend's son, Noel Moore, in 1893. When publishers turned the book down she printed two hundred and fifty copies at her own cost in 1901. Frederick Warne brought it out the next year, and it has stayed in print ever since. Potter spent the money from her books on farms in the Lake District, which she later left to the National Trust.

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Four short sentences with easy words, a good first exercise for anyone still looking for the keys.

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