Il était une fois...

...Quatre petits lapins, et leurs noms étaient Flopsaut, Trotsaut, Queue de Coton et Pierre.

J'ai toujours beaucoup aimé le conte Pierre Lapin de Beatrix Potter  et encore plus les illustrations , voir que même je les adoooore ;)
Quand Nia a annoncé qu'elle était enceinte j'ai tout de suite pensé à ce petit lapin pour mon cadeau de naissance...fille ou garçon, personne ne peut résister à ces adorables dessins !
J'ai brodé sur un plaid dit 'Afghan' que j'ai terminé en couverture comme pour Anna il y a environ deux ans.
Commencé en octobre, terminé en février après environ 120h de travail....le résultat et mon histoire de Pierre lapin racontée en broderie sont en images ci dessous ....

Pour info....Jeannot Lapin c'est un cousin de Pierre :)
La maman de Pierre et le papa de Jeannot étaient frère et sœur.  D'ailleurs, Jeannot épousera une des sœurs de Pierre et ensemble ils auront plein de petits lapins ;)
Mais celui à la veste bleue, c'est bien Pierre....
A bientôt
xxx

Once upon a time, there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton Tail and Peter.

They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.

 'Now my dears' said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr McGregor's garden. Your father had an accident there, he was put in a pie by Mrs McGregor. Now run along and don't get into mischief, I'm going out'

(...) Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton Tail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries. But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr McGregor's garden and squeezed under the gate !

First he ate some lettuces and some French beans, and then ate some radishes. And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.

 But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr McGregor !

Mr McGregor  was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages, but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out 'STOP THIEF' !

 Peter (...) rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate. 

He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

 (...) unfortunately he ran into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.

It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, 

quite new !

 

 (...) leaving his jacket behind him (...) he rushed into a tool-shed and jumped into a can.  It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not had so much water in it !

  Mr McGregor was quite sure Peter was somewhere in  the tool-shed. 

(...) Presently Peter sneezed 'Kertyschoo' ! Mr McGregor was after him on no time.

Peter jumped out of a window, that was too small for Mr MacGregor and he was too tired of running after Peter, he went back to his work.

Peter sat down to rest. Also he was very damp with sitting in that can. (...)

An old mouse was running, carrying peas and beans to her family in the wood. Peter asked her the way to the gate.  But she had such a large pea in her mouth that she could not answer, she only shook her head at him. Peter began to cry.

 Then he tried to find his way straight across the garden. (...) He started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes. (...) He slipped underneath the gate and was safe at last in the wood, outside the garden !

Mr McGregor hung up the little jacket and the shoes for a scarecrow to frighten the blackbirds. 

Peter never stopped running till he got home to the big fir-tree.

He was so tired that he flopped down on the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit hole and shut his eyes. His mother was busy cooking, she wondered what he had done with his clothes ! 

It was the second little jacket and pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight !

I'm sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening.

His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea, and she gave a dose of it to Peter.

'one table spoonful to be taken at bed-time'

But Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton Tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.

 

* The End *

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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To Lourenço, with all my love 

May you have a long life full of love, health, joy and funny adventures just like Peter Rabbit :D

xxx

'My' story of Peter Rabbit in stitches...
Afghan plaid , stitched 1 thread over 1

Fleece at the back 

Designs picked from the book 'le monde de Beatrix Potter'

Started October 2013 - Finished March 2014 
And obviously made out of love for a cute little man 

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