Stop, thieving rabbits!(THE HOME FORUM)(Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Altendorf, Pamela Underhill | Copyright information

Byline: Pamela Underhill Altendorf

'Now, my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but 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

Beatrix Potter wrote the tale of Peter Rabbit more than 100 years ago, and it has taken me just over 60 years to come to the conclusion that Mr. McGregor has been much maligned.

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