The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter (Mulberry)
What are some of the safety rules that you learn at home and at school? List any three of them.
Do not talk to strangers.
Do not put your head or hand out of the window of the school bus.
Do not run on the staircase.
Do not hurry while getting down from the school bus.
Do not jostle each other in the prayer hall.
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Quick answers
1. Put a tick (✓) against the sentences that are true and a cross (X) against those that are false.
a. Peter obeyed his mother. [X]
b. Mrs Rabbit went out to buy some bread. [✓]
c. Mr McGregor was happy to see Peter. [X]
d. Peter hid underneath a flowerpot. [X]
e. Mr McGregor tried to catch Peter with a sieve. [✓]
f. Peter had some bred for dinner. [X]
2. Circle the things that Peter ate in McGregor's garden.
Reference to context
3. "Now, My dears,' said Mrs Rabbit one morning, 'I am going to buy some bread.'
a. Who was Mrs Rabbit speaking to?
= Mrs Rabbit was speaking to her four little children - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.
b. What warning did Mrs Rabbit give?
= Mrs Rabbit warned them not to go into McGregor's garden.
c. Where do you think Mrs Rabbit went to buy bread?
= I think Mrs Rabbit went to buy bread to the nearby market.
4. "Peter was most dreadfully frightened."
a. Where was Peter?
= Peter was in McGregor's garden.
b. What does 'dreadfully frightened' mean? Why was Peter 'dreadfully frightened'?
= 'Dreadfully frightened' means to shiver in fear.
Peter was 'dreadfully frightened' because Mr McGregor was chasing him.
c. Where did Peter hide to escape from Mr McGregor?
= Peter hid into the tool shed to escape from Mr McGregor.
Read, reflect and write
5. Why do you think Mrs Rabbit warned her children not to go into Mr McGregor's garden?
= I think Mrs Rabbit warned her children not to go into Mr McGregor's garden because they may spoilt the garden and this is a bad thing. She knew that this will make Mr McGregor angry and he may harm her children.
6. Was Peter a naughty rabbit? Give reasons for your answer.
= Yes, Peter was definitely naughty. He did not listened to his mother. In spite of the warning of her mother, he ran straightway to Mr McGregor's garden and squeezed in from under the gate. While his other siblings went down the lane to gather blackberries.
7. How do you think Peter felt when he went to bed that night? What lesson did he learnt?
= I think Peter felt very upset and sad when he went to bed that night. He had got his stomach ache. He had to take the dose of camomile tea. On the other hand his siblings had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.
He must learnt the lesson that he should listened to his mother from then on.
About the Author :
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) had many pets when she was a child, from mice and rabbits to birds. She often drew pictures of these animals and wrote stories about them. She first wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit as a picture letter to a little boy she knew who had been ill for a long time.