the lettuces had been so
soporific.

They dreamt that their
mother Flopsy was tucking
them up in a hay bed.

Mr. McGregor looked down
after emptying his sack. He
saw some funny little brown
tips of ears sticking up through
the lawn mowings. He stared
at them for some time.

PRESENTLY a fly settled
on one of them and it
moved.

Mr. McGregor climbed
down on to the rubbish heap--

"One, two, three, four! five!
six leetle rabbits!" said he as
he dropped them into his sack.
The Flopsy Bunnies dreamt
that their mother was turning
them over in bed. They stirred
a little in their sleep, but still
they did not wake up.