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(and left it on the wall.)

and left it on the wall.

(He went to put away the mowing machine.)

He went to put away the mowing machine.

(While he was gone, Mrs.Flopsy Bunny (who had remained at home))

While he was gone, Mrs.Flopsy Bunny (who had remained at home)

(came across the field.)

came across the field.

(She looked suspiciously at the sack and wondered where everybody was?)

She looked suspiciously at the sack and wondered where everybody was?

(Then the mouse came out of her jam pot,)

Then the mouse came out of her jam pot,

(and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head,)

and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head,

(and they told the doleful tale.)

and they told the doleful tale.

(Benjamin and Fropsy were in despair,)

Benjamin and Fropsy were in despair,

(they could not undo the string.)

they could not undo the string.

(But Mrs.Tittlemouse was a resourceful person.)

But Mrs.Tittlemouse was a resourceful person.

(She nibbled a hole in the bottom corner of the sack.)

She nibbled a hole in the bottom corner of the sack.

(The little rabbits were pulled out and pinched to wake them.)

The little rabbits were pulled out and pinched to wake them.

(Their parents stuffed the empty sack with three rotten vegetable marrows,)

Their parents stuffed the empty sack with three rotten vegetable marrows,

(an old blacking-brush and two decayed turnips.)

an old blacking-brush and two decayed turnips.

(Then they all hid under a bush and watched for Mr.McGregor.)

Then they all hid under a bush and watched for Mr.McGregor.

(Mr.McGroger came back and picked up the sack, and carried it off.)

Mr.McGroger came back and picked up the sack, and carried it off.

(He carried it hanging down, as if it were rather heavy.)

He carried it hanging down, as if it were rather heavy.

(The Flopsy Bunnies followed at a safe distance.)

The Flopsy Bunnies followed at a safe distance.

(They watched him go into his house.)

They watched him go into his house.

(And then they crept up to the window to listen.)

And then they crept up to the window to listen.

(Mr.McGregor threw down the sack on the stone floor)

Mr.McGregor threw down the sack on the stone floor

(in a way that would have been extremely painful to the Flopsy Bunnies,)

in a way that would have been extremely painful to the Flopsy Bunnies,

(if they had happened to have been inside it.)

if they had happened to have been inside it.