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

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

The Flopsy Bunnies followed at a safe distance.

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The watched him go into his house.

And then they crept up to the window to listen.

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Mr. McGregor threw down the sack on the stone floor in a way that would
have been extremely painful to the Flopsy Bunnies, if they had happened to
have been inside it.

They could hear him drag his chair on the flags, and chuckle--

"One, two, three, four, five, six leetle rabbits!" said Mr. McGregor.

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"Eh? What's that? What have they been spoiling now?" enquired Mrs.
McGregor.

"One, two, three, four, five, six leetle fat rabbits!" repeated Mr.