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Presently, Peter sneezed – ‘Kertyschoo!’ Mr McGregor was after him in
no time.

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Peter jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants. Mr McGregor
was tired of running after Peter. He went back to his work.

Peter sat down to rest. He did not know the way to his home.

Peter asked an old mouse the way to the gate, but she had such a large

pea in her mouth that she could not answer. She only shook her head

at him.

Peter went back towards the toolshed. He climbed upon a wheelbarrow

and peeped over. The first thing he saw was Mr McGregor digging up 9

onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the
gate!

Peter got off the wheelbarrow and started running as fast as he could
go. He slipped below the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside

the garden. Peter never stopped running till
the garden. Pet
he reached
he reached home. He was so tired that he
flopped down on the floor of the lopp
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rabbit hole and shut his eyes.

Peter was not very well during
the evening. His mother gave

him a spoonful of medicine.

But Flopsy, Mopsy and
Cotton-tail had bread and

milk and blackberries for

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supper .
Beatrix Potter (abridged)

upsetting : (here) making something fall by fl opped down : fell down
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mistake 11 supper : an evening meal
digging up : moving the soil to make a hole
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and plucking out something
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