The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - A Book Review

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Benjamin Bunny - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is in fact the continuation of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Benjamin Bunny, Peter’s cousin brought Peter a good news. McGregor has gone out with his wife and they could get Peter’s blue coat and little shoes back. Peter looked rather funny wrapped up in a red pocket- handkerchief. So sad his plight that he could fetch sympathy from you.

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This time it was Benjamin who was walking around with confidence, bragging about how he and his father visit the garden every Sunday and get lettuces for the dinner. But poor Peter is still recovering from the previous day’s incident. Like the cat in an adage, he was on alert, half expecting for something bad to happen.

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Round the corner, they saw the farmer's cat and hid under the basket. Things turned out to be worse. Cat on the top of the basket and Benjamin’s father with a cane on the wall of the terrace. Either way, both were in trouble. Though Benjamin’s father saved them by driving off the cat, he spanked them for wandering about without notifying elders. The story concluded with McGregor wondering about the little foot marks in his garden.

I must confess, now a days I found myself hugging my kids’teddy often. Hmm, it is soft and cuddly. I do not know if it is because of reading Beatrix Potter’ or a recent craze for rabbits I indulge in... hmm... maybe both.

Age Group : 4yrs- 8 yrs

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