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Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

— Beatrix Potter

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This is a Tale about a tail — a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific." I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit.

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)

Painting is an awkward thing to teach except the details of the medium. If you and your master are determined to look at nature and art in two different directions you are sure to stick.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...

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Show me your garden, provided it be your own, and I will tell you what you are like.

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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

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We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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