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POTTER, BEATRIX. Autograph letter signed ("Beatrix Potter"), to "Dulcie," commenting on some of Dulcie's drawings, her animals, etc. Sawrey, 27 October 1925. One page, 8vo, some light creasing from folding. Taylor, Letters to Children, p. [188].
"FLOPSY IS GETTING VERY OLD & STIFF"
"Yes - I have been frightfully busy, and I am still! But I must spare a minute, especially if you are laid up with mumps. How horrid! The little bird and cherries is quite good. It is rather a funny nest, how does it stick to the branch? We had lots of nests in the garden this year, and a brood of young owls in the barn, they don't build a nest, the eggs are just laid on some boards high up in the loft. They are very comical while they are fluffy; just like aged-aged-old men with fluffy white hair & hooked noses. 'Tommy' has no kittens just now. The guinea pig is very chirpy, he twitters loudly when he wants dinner. I have 2 rabbits still, but the brown one - Flopsy - is getting very old & stiff..."
"FLOPSY IS GETTING VERY OLD & STIFF"
"Yes - I have been frightfully busy, and I am still! But I must spare a minute, especially if you are laid up with mumps. How horrid! The little bird and cherries is quite good. It is rather a funny nest, how does it stick to the branch? We had lots of nests in the garden this year, and a brood of young owls in the barn, they don't build a nest, the eggs are just laid on some boards high up in the loft. They are very comical while they are fluffy; just like aged-aged-old men with fluffy white hair & hooked noses. 'Tommy' has no kittens just now. The guinea pig is very chirpy, he twitters loudly when he wants dinner. I have 2 rabbits still, but the brown one - Flopsy - is getting very old & stiff..."