July 20, 2025 • 12 mins
In this classic children's story, Benjamin Bunny helps his cousin, Peter Rabbit, recover his lost clothes from Mr. McGregor's garden.
Narrated by: Elizabeth Grace
Written by: Beatrix Potter (Public Domain)
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Narrated by: Elizabeth Grace
Written by: Beatrix Potter (Public Domain)
Welcome to Snuggle! The best kid's story-telling podcast. Enter a cozy world of imagination perfect for bedtime, quiet time, or any time you want to embark on an enchanting adventure.
Our cozy stories present a wide selection of calming tales for not just kids and toddlers, but for the whole family too! Enjoy some relaxing family time every day, when the children can parents can snuggle up together and venture into imaginative worlds, fairy tales, and other heartwarming stories. Develop deeper connections when you make Snuggle stories a routine at bedtime or anytime!
Learn more at slumberstudios.com/snuggle
To enjoy ad-free listening and exclusive bonus episodes, start your 7-day free trial of Snuggle Premium: https://snuggle.supercast.com/
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Snuggle Cozy Stories for kids. This episode is
called the Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
One morning, a little rabbit sat on a bank. He
pricked his ears and listened to the trop trit trot
of a pony. A gig was coming along the road.
It was driven by mister McGregor, and beside him sat
(00:48):
Missus McGregor in her best bonnet. As soon as they
had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slided down the road and
set off with a hop, skip and a jump to
call upon his relations who lived in the wood at
(01:09):
the back of mister McGregor's garden. The wood was full
of rabbit holes, and in the neatest, sandiest hole of
all lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail,
and Peter. Old. Missus Rabbit was a widow. She earned
(01:36):
her living by knitting rabbit wool mittens and muffetties. I
once bought a pair at a bazaar. She also sold
herbs and rosemary tea, and rabbits tobacco, which is what
we call lavender. Little Benjamin did not very much want
(02:00):
to see his aunt. He came round the back of
the fair tree and nearly tumbled upon the top of
his cousin Peter. Peter was sitting by himself. He looked
poorly and was dressed in a red cotton pocket handkerchief.
(02:20):
Peter said, Little Benjamin in a whisper, who has got
your clothes? Peter replied the scarecrow in mister McGregor's garden,
and described how he had been chased about the garden
and had dropped his shoes and coat. Little Benjamin sat
(02:44):
down beside his cousin and assured him that mister McGregor
had gone out in a gig, and Missus McGregor also
and certainly for the day, because she was wearing her
best bonnet. Peter said he hoped that it would rain.
(03:04):
At this point, old Missus Rabbit's voice was heard inside
the rabbit hole, calling cottontail, cottontail, fetch some more camer mile.
Peter said he thought he might feel better if he
went for a walk. They went away hand in hand
(03:27):
and got upon the flat top of the wall, the
bottom of the wood. From here they looked down into
mister McGregor's garden. Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to
be seen upon the scarecrow topped with an old tamer
shanter of mister McGregor's. Little Benjamin said it spoils people's
(03:54):
clothes to squeeze under a gate. The proper way is
to climb down a pear tree. Peter fell down head first,
but it was of no consequence, as the bed below
was newly raked and quite soft. It had been sown
with lettuces. They left a great many odd little footmarks
(04:20):
all over the bed, especially little Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.
Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done
was to get back Peter's clothes in order that they
might be able to use the pocket handkerchief. They took
them off the scarecrow. There had been rained during the night,
(04:43):
there was water in the shoes, and the coat was
somewhat shrunk. Benjamin tried on the tamer shunter, it was
too big form then he suggested that they should fill
the pocket handkerchief with onions as a little present for
his aunt. Peter did not seem to be enjoying himself.
(05:07):
He kept hearing noises. Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly
at home and a to lettice leave. He said that
he was in the habit of coming into the garden
with his father to go get lettues for their Sunday dinner.
The name of Little Benjamin's papa was old mister Benjamin Bunny.
(05:31):
The lettuces certainly were very fine. Peter did not eat anything.
He said he should like to go home. Presently he
dropped half the onions. Little Benjamin said that it was
not possible to get back up the pear tree with
(05:52):
a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards
the other end of the garden. They went along a
little walk on planks under a sunny red brick worn
The mice sat on their doorsteps, cracking cherry stones. They
(06:14):
winked at Peter Rabbit and Little Benjamin Bunny. Presently Peter
let the pocket handkerchief go again. They got amongst the
flower pots and frames and tubs. Peter heard noises worse
than ever. His eyes were as big as lollipops. He
(06:37):
was a step or two in front of his cousin
when he suddenly stopped. Little Benjamin took one look, and
then in half a minute less than no time, he
hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large basket.
(07:00):
The cap got up and stretched herself and came and
sniffed at the basket. Perhaps she liked the smell of onions. Anyway,
she sat down upon the top of the basket. She
sat there for five hours. I cannot draw you a
(07:23):
picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket, because it
was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was
fearful made Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry. The sun
got round behind the wood, and it was quite late
(07:43):
in the afternoon, but still the cap sat upon the basket.
At length. There was a bitter patter, pitter patter, and
some bits of water fell from the wall above. The
cat looked up and saw old mister Benjamin Bunny prancing
(08:07):
along the top of the wall of the upper tarret.
He was smoking a pipe of rabbit tobacco and had
a little switch in his hand. He was looking for
his son. Old mister Bunny had no opinion whatever of cats.
(08:27):
He took a tremendous jump off the top of the
wall on to the top of the cat, and cuffed
it off the basket and kicked it into the greenhouse,
scratching off a handful of fur. The cat was too
much surprised to scratch back. When old mister Bunny had
(08:50):
driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the door.
Then he came back to the basket and took out
his son Benjamin by the ears and walloped him with
the little switch. Then he took out his nephew Peter.
Then he took out the handkerchief of onions and marched
(09:14):
out of the garden. When mister McGregor returned about half
an hour later, he observed several things which perplexed him.
It looked as though some person had been walking all
over the garden in a pair of clogs, only the
(09:34):
footmarks were too ridiculously little. Also, he could not understand
how the cat could have managed to shut herself up
inside the greenhouse, locking the door upon the outside. When
(09:55):
Peter got home, his mother forgave him because she was
so glad to see that he had found his shoes
and coat, cottontail. And Peter folded up the pocket handkerchief,
and old missus Rabbit strung up the onions and hung
(10:15):
them from the kitchen ceiling with the bunches of herbs,
and the rabbit tobacco
Welcome to Snuggle Cozy Stories for kids. This episode is
called the Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
One morning, a little rabbit sat on a bank. He
pricked his ears and listened to the trop trit trot
of a pony. A gig was coming along the road.
It was driven by mister McGregor, and beside him sat
(00:48):
Missus McGregor in her best bonnet. As soon as they
had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slided down the road and
set off with a hop, skip and a jump to
call upon his relations who lived in the wood at
(01:09):
the back of mister McGregor's garden. The wood was full
of rabbit holes, and in the neatest, sandiest hole of
all lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail,
and Peter. Old. Missus Rabbit was a widow. She earned
(01:36):
her living by knitting rabbit wool mittens and muffetties. I
once bought a pair at a bazaar. She also sold
herbs and rosemary tea, and rabbits tobacco, which is what
we call lavender. Little Benjamin did not very much want
(02:00):
to see his aunt. He came round the back of
the fair tree and nearly tumbled upon the top of
his cousin Peter. Peter was sitting by himself. He looked
poorly and was dressed in a red cotton pocket handkerchief.
(02:20):
Peter said, Little Benjamin in a whisper, who has got
your clothes? Peter replied the scarecrow in mister McGregor's garden,
and described how he had been chased about the garden
and had dropped his shoes and coat. Little Benjamin sat
(02:44):
down beside his cousin and assured him that mister McGregor
had gone out in a gig, and Missus McGregor also
and certainly for the day, because she was wearing her
best bonnet. Peter said he hoped that it would rain.
(03:04):
At this point, old Missus Rabbit's voice was heard inside
the rabbit hole, calling cottontail, cottontail, fetch some more camer mile.
Peter said he thought he might feel better if he
went for a walk. They went away hand in hand
(03:27):
and got upon the flat top of the wall, the
bottom of the wood. From here they looked down into
mister McGregor's garden. Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to
be seen upon the scarecrow topped with an old tamer
shanter of mister McGregor's. Little Benjamin said it spoils people's
(03:54):
clothes to squeeze under a gate. The proper way is
to climb down a pear tree. Peter fell down head first,
but it was of no consequence, as the bed below
was newly raked and quite soft. It had been sown
with lettuces. They left a great many odd little footmarks
(04:20):
all over the bed, especially little Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.
Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done
was to get back Peter's clothes in order that they
might be able to use the pocket handkerchief. They took
them off the scarecrow. There had been rained during the night,
(04:43):
there was water in the shoes, and the coat was
somewhat shrunk. Benjamin tried on the tamer shunter, it was
too big form then he suggested that they should fill
the pocket handkerchief with onions as a little present for
his aunt. Peter did not seem to be enjoying himself.
(05:07):
He kept hearing noises. Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly
at home and a to lettice leave. He said that
he was in the habit of coming into the garden
with his father to go get lettues for their Sunday dinner.
The name of Little Benjamin's papa was old mister Benjamin Bunny.
(05:31):
The lettuces certainly were very fine. Peter did not eat anything.
He said he should like to go home. Presently he
dropped half the onions. Little Benjamin said that it was
not possible to get back up the pear tree with
(05:52):
a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards
the other end of the garden. They went along a
little walk on planks under a sunny red brick worn
The mice sat on their doorsteps, cracking cherry stones. They
(06:14):
winked at Peter Rabbit and Little Benjamin Bunny. Presently Peter
let the pocket handkerchief go again. They got amongst the
flower pots and frames and tubs. Peter heard noises worse
than ever. His eyes were as big as lollipops. He
(06:37):
was a step or two in front of his cousin
when he suddenly stopped. Little Benjamin took one look, and
then in half a minute less than no time, he
hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large basket.
(07:00):
The cap got up and stretched herself and came and
sniffed at the basket. Perhaps she liked the smell of onions. Anyway,
she sat down upon the top of the basket. She
sat there for five hours. I cannot draw you a
(07:23):
picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket, because it
was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was
fearful made Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry. The sun
got round behind the wood, and it was quite late
(07:43):
in the afternoon, but still the cap sat upon the basket.
At length. There was a bitter patter, pitter patter, and
some bits of water fell from the wall above. The
cat looked up and saw old mister Benjamin Bunny prancing
(08:07):
along the top of the wall of the upper tarret.
He was smoking a pipe of rabbit tobacco and had
a little switch in his hand. He was looking for
his son. Old mister Bunny had no opinion whatever of cats.
(08:27):
He took a tremendous jump off the top of the
wall on to the top of the cat, and cuffed
it off the basket and kicked it into the greenhouse,
scratching off a handful of fur. The cat was too
much surprised to scratch back. When old mister Bunny had
(08:50):
driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the door.
Then he came back to the basket and took out
his son Benjamin by the ears and walloped him with
the little switch. Then he took out his nephew Peter.
Then he took out the handkerchief of onions and marched
(09:14):
out of the garden. When mister McGregor returned about half
an hour later, he observed several things which perplexed him.
It looked as though some person had been walking all
over the garden in a pair of clogs, only the
(09:34):
footmarks were too ridiculously little. Also, he could not understand
how the cat could have managed to shut herself up
inside the greenhouse, locking the door upon the outside. When
(09:55):
Peter got home, his mother forgave him because she was
so glad to see that he had found his shoes
and coat, cottontail. And Peter folded up the pocket handkerchief,
and old missus Rabbit strung up the onions and hung
(10:15):
them from the kitchen ceiling with the bunches of herbs,
and the rabbit tobacco
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