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He went to put away the mowing machine.
While he was gone, Mrs. Flopsy Bunny (who had
remained at home) came across the field.
She looked suspiciously at the sack and wondered
where everybody was?
Then the mouse came out of her jam pot, and
Benjamin took the paper bag off his head, and
they told the doleful tale.
Benjamin and Flopsy were in despair, they could
not undo the string. But Mrs. Tittlemouse was a
resourceful person. She nibbled a hole in the
bottom corner of the sack.
The little rabbits were pulled out and pinched to
wake them.
Their parents stuffed the empty sack with three
rotten vegetable marrows, an old blacking-brush
and two decayed turnips.
Then they all hid under a bush and watched for
Mr. McGregor.
