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Writer Apologises To 6 Year Old For Below Par Story

October 14th 2008 09:25
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Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit fame once received a letter from a 6 year old child who wrote of his disappointment with her latest tale, the Tale of Pigling Bland.

The author then wrote a letter of apology to the child explaining that even though she had been quite ill at the time, her publishers had twisted her arm into producing her annual Christmas book.

Potter admitted that because of this her story was not very good, but she promised to do a much better job next time.

In 2006, the letter went up for auction, fetching a purchase price of £8,200.
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Rubber Duckie, You're The One!

April 20th 2007 00:25
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We're all familiar with the popular concept of the floating bathtub toy known as the Rubber Duck, although these days some ducks are too hoity-toity for simple bath time fun as discussed in a previous post about quirky Valentine's Day gifts.

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