Beatrix Potter

for Beginners

Ball and Stick Font

US VERSION

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 Beatrix Potter for Beginners (Ball and Stick Font)
© M.Morrow and M Taylor,2006
Published by Downunder Literature
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Index
1. Introduction..................................4
2. The Story of Miss Moppet..............................6
3. The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit..................19
4. Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes.....................29
5. Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes...................52
6. Practice Page..................................................80

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Welcome to Beatrix Potter For Beginners

This series has been developed to provide a language-arts resource that helps a child develop the pre writing
skills that lead to Foundation handwriting. We have chosen Beatrix Potter’s ‘living literature’ because it has
enduring value and the stories and illustrations are a delight to children world wide.

How to use this resource.

We have tried to make this workbook very easy to use. There is one lesson per page which can be printed as a
single or multiple copies, as needed. A complete story is followed throughout the lessons. The book begins with
simple tracing and leads to writing of words in sentences. There are places for your children’s own illustrations.
We recommend you read the original Beatrix Potter books to your students, as this will enhance their enjoyment
of the lesson. The books are easy to find. Try your local library. The student can make their own book of the story
as they go.

Grammar
The grammar rules and punctuation practices used in the original Beatrix Potter texts are outdated. We felt the
older style of punctuation may be confusing for young children. Therefore, we did a little editing, in particular re-
placing semicolons with full stops and inserting commas.

In the poetry extracts we chose to keep the capital letters at the beginning of each line, even though this is not
common practice in modern poetry. In doing so, we don’t believe we have compromised the integrity of the origi-
nal extracts, only enhanced their value as language tools.

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Downunder Copy Work Series

When you complete this book we recommend the use of The Downunder Copy Work Series. This series has been
developed to provide a language-art resource that has a unique ‘down under’ flavor. We have chosen Australian
and New Zealand ‘living literature’ that we consider has enduring value and will enhance your student’s mind.
To find out more visit our website. www.downunderlit.com

Copyright
The work of Beatrix Potter is in the public domain in Australian and New Zealand. In other countries such as the
USA, they are still covered by copyright. For this reason this eBook is not for sale outside of Australia and New
Zealand. The font and text layout is covered by copyright, therefore reproduction of this resource without consent
of the authors is breaching copyright laws.

Foundation Style Handwriting

If you would like to purchase your own foundation fonts, these and other fonts, can be purchased from
www.schoolfonts.com.au.

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This is a pussy called
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Miss Moppet, she thinks
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she has heard a mouse!
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This is the Mouse

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peeping out behind the
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cupboard, and
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making fun of
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Miss Moppet.
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This is Miss Moppet

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jumping just too late;
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she misses the Mouse
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and hits her
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own head.
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She thinks it
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is a very hard
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cupboard!
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Miss Moppet
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ties up her
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head in a duster,
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and sits before
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the fire.
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The Mouse thinks she

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is looking very ill.
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He comes sliding
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down the
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Bell—pull.
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Miss Moppet looks worse
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and worse. The Mouse
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comes a little
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nearer.
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Miss Moppet holds her
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poor head in her paws,
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and looks in the
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duster. The Mouse
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comes very close.
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And then all of a
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sudden—Miss Moppet
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jumps upon the
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Mouse!
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And because the

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Mouse had teased
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Miss Moppet—
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Miss Moppet thinks she
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will tease the Mouse;
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She ties him up in a
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duster, and
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tosses it
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about like a
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ball.
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But she forgot about that
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hole in the duster; and
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when she untied
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it—there was no
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mouse!
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He has wriggled out and

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run away; and he is
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dancing on the
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top of the
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cupboard!
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This is a fierce bad

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Rabbit; look at his savage
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whiskers, and his
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claws and his
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turned up tail.
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This is a nice gentle

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Rabbit. His
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mother has
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given him a
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carrot.
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The bad Rabbit would

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like some carrot.
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He doesn’t say
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‘Please.’ He takes
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it!
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And he
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scratches the
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good Rabbit
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very badly.
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The good Rabbit
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creeps away, and
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hides in a hole.
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It feels sad.
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This is a man
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with a gun.
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He sees
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something sitting
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on a bench.
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He comes creeping up
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behind the trees.
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And then he
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shoots– BANG!
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This is what happens—
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But this is all he
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finds on the bench, when
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he rushes up with
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his gun.
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The good Rabbit peeps

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out of its hole,
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And it sees the bad Rabbit
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tearing past – without any
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tail or whiskers!
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Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,

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And brewed good ale for
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gentlemen.
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Gentlemen came every day,

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Till Cecily Parsley
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ran away.
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Goosey, goosey, gander,

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Wither will you wander?
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Upstairs and downstairs,

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in my lady’s chamber!
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This pig went to market,

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This pig stayed at
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home.
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This pig had a

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bit of meat.
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And this pig

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had none.
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This little pig cried

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Wee! wee! wee!
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can’t find my
way home.
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Pussy-cat sits by the fire;
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How should she be fair?
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In walks the little dog,
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Says ‘Pussy! are you
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there?’
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‘How do you do, Mistress

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Pussy?
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Mistress Pussy, how do you
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do?’
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‘I thank you kindly, little

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dog, I fare as well as
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you!’
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Three blind mice, three

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blind mice,
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See how they
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run!
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They all run after the farmer’s

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wife,
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And she cut off their tails
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with a carving knife,
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Did you ever see such a

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thing in your life.
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As three blind
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mice.
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Bow, wow, wow!

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Whose dog art
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thou?
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‘I’m little Tom Tinker’s

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dog.
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Bow, wow,
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wow!’
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We have a little garden,

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A garden of our own,
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And every day we water

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there,
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The seeds that we have sown.
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We love our little garden,

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And tend it with such care,
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You will not find a

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faded leaf,
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Or blighted blossom
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there.
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Ninny, Nanny, Netticoat

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In a white Petticoat,
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With a red nose,
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The longer she stands,

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The shorter she grows.
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Appley Dapply,
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little brown mouse,
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Goes to the cupboard in
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somebody’s house.
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In somebody’s cupboard
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There’s everything
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nice,
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Cake, cheese, jam, biscuits,

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All charming for mice!
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Appley Dapply has

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little sharp eyes,
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And Appley Dapply

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is so fond of pies!
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Now who is this knocking

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at Cottontail’s door?
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Tap tappit! Tap tappit!

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She’s heard it before?
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And when she peeps out

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there is nobody there,
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But a present of carrots

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put down on the stair.
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‘Hark! I hear it again!

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Tap, tap, tappit! Tap tappit!
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‘Why—I really believe

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it’s a little black rabbit!’
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Old
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Mr Pricklepin has never
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cushion to stick his pins in.
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His nose is black and

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his beard is grey,
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And he lives in an ash

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stump over the way.
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You know the old woman

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who lived in a shoe?
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And had so many children

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She didn’t know what to do?
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think if she lived in a
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little shoe-house,
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That little old woman was

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surely a mouse!
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Diggory Diggory Delvet!
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The little old man in black
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velvet.
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He digs and he delves-

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You can see for yourselves.
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The mounds dug by

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Diggory Delvet.
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Gravy and potatoes

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In a good brown pot.
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Put them in the oven,

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And serve them very hot!
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There once was a very

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amiable guineapig,
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Who brushed back his

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hair like a periwig.
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He wore a sweet tie,

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As blue as the sky.
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And his whiskers and buttons

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Were very big.
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