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a chair. Flopsy had taken away his pipe and hidden the tobacco.
She had been having a complete turn out and spring-cleaning, to relieve

her feelings. She had just finished. Old Mr. Bouncer, behind his chair,
was wondering anxiously what she would do next.
[Illustration]
In Mr. Tod's kitchen, amongst the wreckage, Benjamin Bunny picked
his way to the oven nervously, through a thick cloud of dust. He
opened the oven door, felt inside, and found something warm and
wriggling. He lifted it out carefully, and rejoined Peter Rabbit.
"I've got them! Can we get away? Shall we hide, Cousin Peter?"
Peter pricked his ears; distant sounds of fighting still echoed in the
wood.
Five minutes afterwards two breathless rabbits came scuttering away
down Bull Banks, half carrying half dragging a sack between them,
bumpetty bump over the grass. They reached home safely and burst
into the rabbit hole.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Great was old Mr. Bouncer's relief and Flopsy's joy when Peter and
Benjamin arrived in triumph with the young family. The rabbit-babies
were rather tumbled and very hungry; they were fed and put to bed.
They soon recovered.
A long new pipe and a fresh supply of rabbit tobacco was presented to
Mr. Bouncer. He was rather upon his dignity; but he accepted.
[Illustration]
Old Mr. Bouncer was forgiven, and they all had dinner. Then Peter and
Benjamin told their story--but they had not waited long enough to be
able to tell the end of the battle between Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod.
THE END

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