Beatrix Flopsy Bunny
As coincidence would have it, the same day
we found Beatrix Flopsy Bunny we also acquired a copy of
Beatrix Potter's The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit.
Above, little Beatrix Flopsy Bunny looks at the cover of Beatrix
Potter's, The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit.
On the cover is the "Fierce Bad Rabbit" with the hunter
in the background.
As the story starts, Beatrix Flopsy Bunny
shrinks back at the thought of the "Fierce Bad Rabbit"
mentioned in the title.
Inside, the "nice gentle Rabbit" is nibbling on a
carrot given to him by his Mummy.
In the background the "Fierce Bad Rabbit" is coming up
to steal the good little bunny's carrot.
Beatrix Flopsy Bunny is closely examining
the "nice gentle Rabbit's" carrot and gets a better
look at the big nasty "Fierce Bad Rabbit" who is
bounding up in the background to steal away the "nice gentle
Rabbit's" carrot.
The "Fierce Bad Rabbit" gets
what he deserves at the end of the tale (tail & whiskers), as
the hunter thinks the "Fierce Bad Rabbit" is quite a
"funny" birdie indeed!
Another story that Beatrix Flopsy Bunny
enjoys is Increase Rabbit, written by T.
L. McCready, Jr. and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. The book is
opened to the page where Increase is learning to use her sandbox.
Beatrix Flopsy Bunny is very attentive as she is learning to use
her own luxury loo. The Johnsons have a little fence that they
put out on the floor just for Beatrix Flopsy Bunny where just
yesterday the luxury loo was first introduced to her. Beatrix was
just so delighted with her area of freedom that she was jumping
up in the air and doing sideways wheelie flopsy hopsies. She was
thrilled!!! After a bit of play she hopped over on her luxury
loo, gave a sniff, and completed her necessary, obligatory task.
The Johnsons were so proud of her! Above, the canned goods that
are holding the book open were produced from garden to canning
jar at Corgyncombe Cannery. The carrots are of special interest
to Tillie Tinkham and Beatrix Flopsy Bunny.
Tillie Tinkham
One of the outside rabbits at Corgyncombe
Cottage & Corg'ery. The rabbit above reminds the Johnsons of
the pastel done by Tasha Tudor of Colonel Bunn. 'Twas such a
delight for Diane to wake up mornings at Tasha Tudor's to the
sight of Colonel Bunn, especially since Diane has always had such
an interest in bunnies. A print of Colonel Bunn can be found on
the Tasha
Tudor and Family web site. Colonel Bunn was named
after a person that Tasha knew of. This reminds the genealogical
researchers (as Tasha would say) at Corgyncombe of Fanny Bunn, a
cousin to Diane and Sarah through the Taylors. Fanny Bunn was
listed on the census as having 16 little Bunns. One of Fanny
Bunn's sons was named Peter Russell Bunn and one of the daughters
was named Fanny Belle Bunn... perhaps names for future Bunnies at
the Corgyncombe Bunn'ery*.
The little chickadee in the photograph
above makes Diane think of the chickadee that Diane found
recently, one cold morn, upside down, quivering in the snowy
cold. It looked stunned, as if it had flown into something and
fallen. Diane picked it up and brought it into the house where
she held it in the warmth of her hand for awhile. After a bit the
chickadee started moving about and Diane took it outside, opened
her hand and 'twas most exhilarating for Diane to see the
chickadee fly off free to a tree limb.
from the Corgyncombe Cottage &
Corg'ery Courant, January 2009
by Diane Shepard Johnson and Sarah E. Johnson
*Bunn'ery is a word that Diane and Sarah
use, meaning a place where delightful wild and tame bunnies and
rabbits happily and hoppily dwell.
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