Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were—Flopsy,Mopsy,Cotton-tail,and Peter.很久以前，有四只可愛的小兔子，他們的名字分別叫佛羅普塞、莫普塞、庫特泰爾和彼得。

　　They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.他們和他們的媽媽一起，住在一棵大樅樹樹根下面的一個沙洞里。

　　'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.'“哦，我親愛的寶貝們”，一天早晨，兔子媽媽說：“你們可以到麥田里或者沿著這條小路去玩，但是千萬不能去麥戈雷格先生的菜園。要知道，你們的爸爸就是在那兒出的事兒，他被麥戈雷格先生做成了餡餅。”