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karmicdragonflyI don't believe I ever read the children's book, Peter Rabbit, as a child. I vaguely knew the names of Peter's bunny siblings -- Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail -- so I must have seen a cartoon or something some time.
I received an Xmas gift of the book translated into Old English, which is a fun diversion for me!
Imagine my surprise when I am reading only the 2nd page of the text, and Mother Rabbit is warning her kids to NOT go to Farmer MacGregor's farm because it was their dad's fate to be turned into a cake by MacGregor's wife!
She told them they could go to the fields or around the lane, but "not at all into Farmer MacGregor's enclosure: for the fate of your father was to be made by MacGregor's wife into small cake."
I received an Xmas gift of the book translated into Old English, which is a fun diversion for me!
Imagine my surprise when I am reading only the 2nd page of the text, and Mother Rabbit is warning her kids to NOT go to Farmer MacGregor's farm because it was their dad's fate to be turned into a cake by MacGregor's wife!
She told them they could go to the fields or around the lane, but "not at all into Farmer MacGregor's enclosure: for the fate of your father was to be made by MacGregor's wife into small cake."
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