Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were—Flopsy,Mopsy,Cotton-tail,and Peter.很久以前，有四只可爱的小兔子，他们的名字分别叫佛罗普塞、莫普塞、库特泰尔和彼得。
They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.他们和他们的妈妈一起，住在一棵大枞树树根下面的一个沙洞里。
'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，我亲爱的宝贝们”，一天早晨，兔子妈妈说：“你们可以到麦田里或者沿着这条小路去玩，但是千万不能去麦戈雷格先生的菜园。要知道，你们的爸爸就是在那儿出的事儿，他被麦戈雷格先生做成了馅饼。”
