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The Tale of Mr. Tod, by Beatrix Potter
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Title: The Tale of Mr. Tod
Author: Beatrix Potter
Release Date: November 14, 2006 [EBook #19805]
Language: English
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THE TALE OF MR. TOD
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.
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FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC. NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1912 BY FREDERICK WARNE & Co.
Copyright renewed 1940 (All rights reserved)
PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE USA ROSE PRINTING CO INC
ISBN O 7232 0605 8
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FOR FRANCIS WILLIAM OF ULVA ----SOMEDAY!
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THE TALE OF MR. TOD
I have made many books about well-behaved people. Now, for a change, I am going to make a story about two disagreeable people, called Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod.
Nobody could call Mr. Tod "nice." The rabbits could not bear him; they could smell him half a mile off. He was of a wandering habit and he had foxey whiskers; they never knew where he would be next.
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One day he was living in a stic