After reading "Peter Rabbit", a collection of stories by Beatrix Potter, the thought flashed through my mind - this is a fairy tale full of romance and beauty between man and nature.
This romance and beauty not only happened to the animals in Beatrix Potter's writings, but also throughout Beatrix Potter's life and even now.
Born in London in 1866, Beatrix Potter had a happy family. Her parents both came from wealthy Lancashire textile families in England. Like all middle-class women of the industrial age, Beatrix Potter was educated in painting and the natural sciences from an early age to become a well-mannered and urbane lady.
She loves animals, not only does she raise a lot of animals, but also often goes to the zoo on weekends to draw those animals, and she also writes about her experience of going to the zoo to the little boy Noel Moore. And Peter Rabbit is in this process.
In 1893, a bunny in a blue coat appeared in a letter written by Beatrix Potter to Noel Moore, who was only 5 years old at the time. When Beatrix was 36 years old, she wrote her first story about Peter Rabbit, which earned her enough royalties for the rest of her life.
If the story ends here, it's not romantic. Truly romantic: Beatrix Potter used her royalties to buy 15 Lake District farms, including Hilltop Farms, as well as more than 4,000 acres of surrounding Lake District land. Under her protection, these places have been protected from the invasion of railways and cities, and have remained in their natural state.
After the death of Beatrix Potter, she donated them to a trust dedicated to the conservation of the natural environment**, which has kept the natural landscape untouched and is now part of the national park.
This beautiful fairy tale between man and nature began because of Peter Rabbit, and it has continued to this day because of Peter Rabbit.
In this collection of Peter Rabbit stories, Beatrix Potter not only portrays Peter, a bright and brave bunny in a blue coat, but also creates a variety of other critters.
For example, the mischievous squirrel Turnakin who loves riddles, the calm and introverted owl Old Brown, Peter's little cousin Benjamin who is honest and optimistic, and Jeremy the frog fisherman, Tom the kitten, Jemima the teal, and so on. These little animals are vivid and cute.
Beatrix Potter, a painter and botanist, not only created these critters, but also painted beautiful pictures of each of their stories. That's probably why this story is so popular with children!
Peter Rabbit does not write Peter the Rabbit as an animal that has nothing to do with humans, or even completely different from humans, but gives him human characteristics, but retains his own habits.
In the story, Peter Rabbit wears a blue jacket, loves adventure, and sheds tears when he encounters setbacks, just like all children. Perhaps this is also an important reason why "Peter Rabbit" is popular all over the world, no matter which child, it seems that they can see their own shadow from Peter Rabbit.
Peter Rabbit creates a romantic fairy tale between man and nature, which allows children to see the romance of animals, and also allows us to see the unique beauty of man and nature.
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