有朋友的鼓励让我开始犹豫是否将此楼继续修下去。
那么好吧，继续或是终止，继续的话如何继续？我想还是听听朋友们的意见好了。
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能否请关心本楼的朋友们反馈一下，前面这篇《彼得兔的故事》：
1 故事难度：太简单 太难 适中
2 每天贴的量：太多 太少 适中
3 对故事的兴趣：蛮有兴趣 毫无兴趣 一般但为学英语可以接受
4 其他意见或建议：
您的关注和支持是我前进的动力！谢谢！

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
BY BEATRIX POTTER
One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank.
He pricked his ears and listened to the trit-trot, trit-trot of a pony.
A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside him sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.

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谢谢几位的支持与建言，也谢谢其他朋友的支持！
你们给了我继续的动力。
从今天开始我发布的就是上面曾推荐过的 THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY(《本杰明小兔的故事》)，在情节上与《彼得兔的故事》紧密相连，可算是续集。
上篇故事近1000字，这篇略多于1000字，难度相当。预计7天左右发完。
希望你们喜欢！也请继续支持！

As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road, and set off—with a hop, skip, and a jump—to call upon his relations, who lived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.
That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of all lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins—Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool mittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold herbs, and rosemary tea, and rabbit-tobacco (which is what we call lavender).

为方便理解，上几张图示：
bonnet

mittens

muffatees

Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.
He came round the back of the fir-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.

"Peter," said little Benjamin, in a whisper, "who has got your clothes?"
Peter replied, "The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden," and described how he had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.
Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr. McGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for the day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.

Peter said he hoped that it would rain.
At this point old Mrs. Rabbit's voice was heard inside the rabbit hole, calling: "Cotton-tail! Cotton-tail! fetch some more camomile!"
Peter said he thought he might feel better if he went for a walk.
They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the bottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden. Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped with an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.

tam-o'-shanter
一种苏格兰的传统男帽

周末就更这一次。周一再见吧！
Have a nice weekend. See you Monday!

Little Benjamin said: "It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate; the proper way to get in 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 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 rain during the night; there was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.
Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.

之前我这边网络不给力，以致昨天比原计划少更了100字，今天准备略微多更点。
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; he kept hearing noises.
Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf. He said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father to get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.
(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)
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.