The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 45265 *** THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT [Illustration] THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT BY BEATRIX POTTER _Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc._ [Illustration] LONDON FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LTD. AND NEW YORK [_All rights reserved_] _Copyright in all countries signatory to the Berne Convention._ FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD., LONDON PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN [Illustration] 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. [Illustration] [Illustration] THE bad Rabbit would like some carrot. HE doesn't say "Please." He takes it! [Illustration] [Illustration] AND he scratches the good Rabbit very badly. THE good Rabbit creeps away, and hides in a hole. It feels sad. [Illustration] THIS is a man with a gun. [Illustration] [Illustration] HE sees something sitting on a bench. He thinks it is a very funny bird! [Illustration] HE comes creeping up behind the trees. AND then he shoots--BANG! [Illustration] [Illustration] THIS is what happens-- BUT this is all he finds on the bench, when he rushes up with his gun. [Illustration] THE good Rabbit peeps out of its hole, [Illustration] [Illustration] AND it sees the bad Rabbit tearing past--without any tail or whiskers! PRINTED FOR THE PUBLISHERS BY R. J. SKINNER LTD., 4 CARMELITE STREET, LONDON, E.C.4. End of Project Gutenberg's The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 45265 ***