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Smithsonian's `Peter Rabbit' exhibit an open book on Beatrix Potter.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20020207
Author:Boylan, Peter
WASHINGTON_Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree.
Peter and his friends relocated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Thursday where they celebrated their 100th birthday. To be precise, it was the 100th birthday of the book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," celebrated by an exhibition called "Peter Rabbit's Garden." It's devoted to the life and work of British author, artist and naturalist Beatrix Potter.
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