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Title: The Tale of Mr. Tod

Author: Beatrix Potter

Release Date: November 14, 2006 [EBook #19805]

Language: English

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THE TALE OF

M R . TOD

BEATRIX POTTER

Author of

"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.

FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC.

NEW YORK[Pg 3]

FREDERICK WARNE & Co.

PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE USA

ROSE PRINTING CO INC

ISBN O 7232 0605 8

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FOR

FRANCIS WILLIAM OF ULVA

——SOMEDAY!

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THE TALE OF MR. TOD

I have made many books about well-behaved people. Now, for a change, I am going to make

a story about two disagreeable people, called Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod.

Nobody could call Mr. Tod "nice." The rabbits could not bear him; they could smell him half

a mile off. He was of a wandering habit and he had foxey whiskers; they never knew where he

would be next.[Pg 7]

One day he was living in a stick-house in the coppice, causing terror to the family of old Mr.

Benjamin Bouncer. Next day he moved into a pollard willow near the lake, frightening the

wild ducks and the water rats.

In winter and early spring he might generally be found in an earth amongst the rocks at the

top of Bull Banks, under Oatmeal Crag.