Peter Rabbit: Tank Killer

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ONCE upon a time, there were four rabbits, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter. They lived with their mother, Old Mrs Rabbit, in a warren which looked – to the unaccustomed eye – rather like the lice infested trenches of World War One.

One day Peter’s mother said, ‘I am going to market to sell my mittens.

‘You may play in the woods if you wish but, Peter, you and your naughty cousin Benjamin Bunny are not to antagonize Mr McGregor nor blow up any Panzer tanks today.’

And with that, she left in a swish-swash-swish of rustling skirts.

But oh! That Peter was a naughty rabbit!

No sooner had his mother left than he had dressed for combat and hopped down to the end of the lane to rendezvous with his cousin Benjamin.

As the two young rabbits exchanged their fulsome greetings, they suddenly became aware of a mighty a-clinking and a-clanking coming up the road!

Their little hearts a-flutter, they peered judiciously around the corner.

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