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The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
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Title: The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
Author: Beatrix Potter
Release Date: February 2, 2005 [EBook #14877]
Language: English
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THE TALE OF GINGER AND PICKLES
DEDICATED
WITH VERY KIND REGARDS TO OLD MR. JOHN TAYLOR,
WHO "THINKS HE MIGHT PASS AS A DORMOUSE!" ( THREE YEARS IN BED AND NEVER A GRUMBLE!)
[Illustration]
THE TALE OF GINGER & PICKLES
BY BEATRIX POTTER
Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &c.
[Illustration]
FREDERICK WARNE
1909 by Frederick Warne & Co.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by William Clowes Limited, Beccles and London
[Illustration]
Once upon a time there was a village shop. The name over the window was "Ginger and Pickles."
It was a little small shop just the right size for Dolls--Lucinda and Jane Doll-cook always bought their groceries at Ginger and Pickles.
The counter inside was a convenient height for rabbits. Ginger and Pickles sold red spotty pocket-handkerchiefs at a penny three farthings.
They also sol