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Beatrix Potter was born in South Kensington, London in 1866. She had little opportunity to mix with other children. Even Potter's younger brother, Bertram, was rarely at home; he was sent to boarding school, leaving Beatrix alone with her pet animals. She had frogs and newts and even a pet bat. She also had two rabbits -- the first was Benjamin, whom she described as "an impudent, cheeky little thing", while the second was Peter, whom she took everywhere with her, even on the occasional outings, on a little lead.
Potter would watch these animals for hours on end, sketching them. Gradually the sketches became better and better and are included in this
video.
Timmy Tiptoes, a squirrel, and his wife Goody decide to gather nuts to lay up for the winter and spring. When the tree stumps they were using to store their nuts in are full, they begin to use a woodpecker’s tree hole. Meanwhile, a squirrel named Silvertail digs up another squirrel’s nuts, resulting in a fight and causing a spate of digging by the other squirrels. A flock of birds flies by, one of them singing about digging up nuts. The squirrels follow this bird to where Timmy and Goody are gathering nuts, where it continues to sing its song. When they hear the birdsong, the squirrels attack Timmy and chase him. Capturing him, they take him to the tree hole he had used to store his nuts in and force him into it, injuring him. They intend to imprison him until he confesses. Goody meanwhile returns home, but as Timmy does not return, she goes out to look for him.
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