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BEATRIX POTTER: (places book down) this one is about a rabbit
PUBLISHER: beatrice this time we really are going to need something more than a small animal walking somewhere
BEATRIX POTTER: the floopity rabbit boops
PUBLISHER: beatrice
BEATRIX POTTER: flabbity doop doop toad
PUBLISHER: beatrice this time we really are going to need something more than a small animal walking somewhere
BEATRIX POTTER: the floopity rabbit boops
PUBLISHER: beatrice
BEATRIX POTTER: flabbity doop doop toad
yes the publisher is getting her name wrong I fully believe this would be historically accurate
fun fact, Beatrix was an excellent mycologist and like anyone who studies the eldritch abomination which is mushrooms this makes her about 140% more terrifying
fun fact, Beatrix was an excellent mycologist and like anyone who studies the eldritch abomination which is mushrooms this makes her about 140% more terrifying
as a natural historian she likely knew all the good ways to snuff out the life of tiny animals without breaking the skin and yet we must admire her restraint at never including this information in any of her books
I am the farthest thing from an expert but this woman experimented on sheep to cure their diseases and then sat down to write about squirrel nutkin and I think that's just dandy
some people will fight me on this but I do believe all the best childrens books come from a place of darkness
update: i am being informed that all her books are in fact revolutionary texts born from suffering and you know what I don't think I'm even surprised
it checks out
you learn something every day
it checks out
you learn something every day
