Peter Rabbit (1)

Peter Rabbit (1)

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were ー
                   Flospy
              Mospy,
        Cotton tail,
      and Peter.

They lived with their mother in a sand bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.

 

 " 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.  



" Now run along, and don't get into mischief. I am going out. " 

Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella, and went through the wood to the baker's.
She bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns.


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Beatrix Potter の名作ピーターラビットです。

《About Peter Rabbit》
In September 1893, Beatrix Potter was on holiday in Perthshire, Scotland. Five year old Noel Moose, the eldest of her former governess's children, had been ill.
And to cheer him, Beatrix sent him a letter.
" My dear Noel, I don't know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story. . . "
The letter was eight pages long, and full of little pictures.

Told for the first time, it was s story that was to become popular all over the world
 ー The Tale of Peter Rabbit. 

《Publish》
During　the　next　few　years,　Beatrix　began　to　earn　a　little　money　by selling designs for greeting cards and illustrated books.
Her success at this convinced her to try to get her story of four little rabbits published.
At least six publishers rejected Beatrix's manuscript before she decided to publish it herself in a run of 250 copies in December 1901.

ピーターラビットのお話は、多くの会社に出版を断られた末の、わずか250部の「自費出版」private print として、この世に出たのです。
しかし、これが出版社に考えを直させるきっかけとなり、Fredrik Warne ＆ Co.社から1902年８月、The Tale of Peter Rabbit として 出版される運びとなって、またたく間に世に受け入れられ、12月までのわずか４ケ月足らずで28,000部以上出版されるという最初の成功をおさめました。 

タグ：PETER RABBIT Beatrix Potter