Page 9 - Exercises 6A and 6C

Page 9 - Exercises 6A and 6C

Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866. And she grew up there. Her family was rich. But she was a very quiet child and she didn’t have any friends. She didn’t go to school. She had lessons at home. She loved painting and she often painted beautiful pictures of animals. Later she started to write stories about the animals. At first she wrote the stories for a child who was ill. Then in 1900, she published her first and most famous story, The tale of Peter Rabbit. It was about a very naughty rabbit called peter. He eats the vegetables in Mr. McGregor’s garden. And Mr. McGregor, nearly catches him. People loved the story. So Beatrix wrote more. Including The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. And the Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. I n 1905 she moved to the Lake District in the north of England. She bought a farm there. Beatrix loved the Lake District and she was very happy there. In 1913 she got married, but she didn’t have any children. She died in 1943. Her farm is now a popular Museum. Thousands of people from all over the world visit it every year. in 2007.