the tale of the flopsy bunnies and mrs tittlemouse

Mr McGregor tied the sack with string and propped it against the wall. They thought their mother was turning them over in bed. The Flopsy Bunnies still did not wake up. Then he picked up each rabbit and put it into the empty sack. ‘One, two, three, four, five, six little rabbits,’ he counted to himself with a smile. He stared at them for some time unable to believe his luck. They had no idea that danger was close by.Īfter emptying the sack of grass Mr McGregor noticed the tips of little rabbit’s ears poking up through the cuttings. They were dreaming that their mother was tucking them up in bed. The little rabbits smiled sweetly in their sleep under the shower of grass. They didn’t wake either at the sound of a lawn-mower cutting grass close by.and they didn’t wake when Mr McGregor tipped a sack of grass cuttings over them. They slept so deeply that they didn’t wake when a little mouse with a very long tail, called Thomasina Tittlemouse, rustled the paper bag on Benjamin Bunny’s face and woke him up. The Flopsy Bunnies slept.and slept.and slept. And, to keep the flies off, he put a paper bag on his face and lay down close to the sleeping bunnies. ‘I think I’ll have a sleep too,’ he said to himself when he saw them. Just then Benjamin Bunny came walking by. Once they had finished munching their way through all the lettuces, they snuggled up together in the warm sun and fell asleep. They were filled with joy by the sight of all the juicy green leaves - and it wasn’t long before they had eaten every single one! There were so many the Flopsy Bunnies couldn’t believe their eyes. When they got there the lettuces had all been dug up and someone had put them on Mr McGregor’s rubbish heap.

They are always hungry and one day decided to go and see if their uncle, Peter Rabbit, had any lettuces in his garden. The Flopsy Bunnies are the children of Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny. This is what happened to the Flopsy Bunnies one day when they ate too many lettuces. It is a well-known fact that if rabbits eat too much it makes them very sleepy.

The tale of the flopsy bunnies and mrs tittlemouse