The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter: The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

This is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at
his savage whiskers and his claws and
his turned-up tail.

This is a nice gentle Rabbit. His
mother has given him a carrot.

The bad Rabbit would like some
carrot.

He doesn't say "Please." He takes it!

And he scratches the good Rabbit
very badly.

The good Rabbit creeps away and
hides in a hole. It feels sad.

This is a man with a gun.

He sees something sitting on a
bench. He thinks it is a very funny
bird!

He comes creeping up behind the
trees.

And then he shoots--BANG!

This is what happens--

But this is all he finds on the bench
when he rushes up with his gun.

The good Rabbit peeps out of its
hole . . .

. . . and it sees the bad Rabbit
tearing past--without any tail or
whiskers!