兔子彼得丛书 The Tale of Mr. Tod.PDF

THE TALE OF MR. TOD BY BEATRIX POTTER Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, etc. FREDERICK WARNE CO., INC. NEW YORK[Pg 3] COPYRIGHT, 1912 BY FREDERICK WARNE Co. Copy right renewed 1940 (A ll rights reserved) PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE USA ROSE PRINTING CO INC ISBN O 7232 0605 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (C) [Pg 4] FOR FRANCIS WILLIAM OF ULVA ——SOMEDAY ! [Pg 6][Pg 5] THE TALE OF MR. TOD I have made many books about well-behaved people. Now, for a change, I am going to make a story about two disagreeable people, called Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod. Nobody could call Mr. Tod nice. The rabbits could not bear him; they could smell him half a mile off. He was of a wandering habit and he had foxey whiskers; they never knew where he would be next.[Pg 7] One day he was living in a stick-house in the coppice, causing terror to the family of old Mr. Benj amin Bouncer. Next day he moved into a pollard willow near the lake, frightening the wild ducks and the water rats. In winter and early spring he might generally be found in an earth amongst the rocks at the top of Bull Banks, under Oatmeal Crag. [Pg 9] He had half a dozen houses, but he was seldom at home.[Pg 8] The houses were not always empty when Mr. Tod moved out; because sometimes Tommy Brock moved in; (without asking leave). Tommy Brock was a short bristly fat waddling person with a grin; he grinned all over his face. He was not nice in h