An extract taken from a letter by Beatrix Potter to a young fan in reply to the girls request at Pot

An extract taken from a letter by Beatrix Potter to a young fan in reply to the girls request at Potter writing a story about her pet rabbit, Fluffy. The four page letter was dated January 21, 1912. It was recently discovered and sold at auction. “ My Dear Phyllis, You have written me such a dear little letter about Fluffy, I feel quite sad to disappoint you – I have begun another book about the fox! If I can do another book that Fluffy can come into – I promise to… You don’t know what heaps of letters I get from all over the world, and so many of them want a book about some special animal. There was a letter lately from a child in Wales who wants a book about a crocodile called Amelia! That I cannot stand! Then there is a small boy in Ireland who wants to know if Jeremy Fisher ever got married, and two want moles, & another wants a donkey named Salome, & another wants a horse book, and another wants hens, & another wants elephants – poor Miss Potter! Fluffy is a very reasonable request by comparison….” [images] -- source link

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