WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.420 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.420 --> 00:00:03.750 align:middle line:90% I'll read a children's poem. 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:06.300 align:middle line:84% At least, it comes from a children's story-- 00:00:06.300 --> 00:00:13.050 align:middle line:84% Peter Rabbit, which I hadn't read for 20 years until time 00:00:13.050 --> 00:00:15.900 align:middle line:84% came for me to read it for my daughter. 00:00:15.900 --> 00:00:22.110 align:middle line:84% And suddenly, I could approach it very freshly. 00:00:22.110 --> 00:00:23.820 align:middle line:90% And I had I forgotten it. 00:00:23.820 --> 00:00:27.735 align:middle line:84% And as I read, I wrote down some lines. 00:00:27.735 --> 00:00:35.730 align:middle line:90% 00:00:35.730 --> 00:00:36.540 align:middle line:90% "Peter Rabbit." 00:00:36.540 --> 00:00:40.230 align:middle line:90% 00:00:40.230 --> 00:00:45.390 align:middle line:84% "Mushrooms grew near the tree, nearly black with foliage. 00:00:45.390 --> 00:00:49.200 align:middle line:84% Each footfall was a special touch. 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.020 align:middle line:84% Mother Rabbit wore a carrot-colored jacket 00:00:52.020 --> 00:00:54.270 align:middle line:90% and a broad purple skirt. 00:00:54.270 --> 00:00:57.240 align:middle line:90% She was beyond hopping. 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.460 align:middle line:90% Over her paw, a basket. 00:00:59.460 --> 00:01:01.830 align:middle line:90% Her forearm, umbrella. 00:01:01.830 --> 00:01:04.830 align:middle line:84% 'No, no, no,' we're waiting for her to demand. 00:01:04.830 --> 00:01:08.820 align:middle line:90% She looks that way, though kind. 00:01:08.820 --> 00:01:11.160 align:middle line:90% Father, father's in the pie. 00:01:11.160 --> 00:01:12.730 align:middle line:90% It was an accident. 00:01:12.730 --> 00:01:15.630 align:middle line:90% It was a stupid way to die. 00:01:15.630 --> 00:01:18.810 align:middle line:84% Peter knows how to be very naughty. 00:01:18.810 --> 00:01:22.470 align:middle line:84% There is a shimmer about the lettuce, French beans, 00:01:22.470 --> 00:01:28.890 align:middle line:84% radishes, and parsley, of evil, or of humanity. 00:01:28.890 --> 00:01:29.895 align:middle line:90% Peter is a thief. 00:01:29.895 --> 00:01:33.380 align:middle line:90% 00:01:33.380 --> 00:01:36.980 align:middle line:90% Peter my hero, I am a thief. 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:40.370 align:middle line:90% Peter, I am a child. 00:01:40.370 --> 00:01:45.020 align:middle line:84% Peter was most dreadfully frightened, and shed big tears. 00:01:45.020 --> 00:01:50.240 align:middle line:84% Mr. McGregor was upon him with his size huge shoe. 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:52.220 align:middle line:90% Of course we are going to win. 00:01:52.220 --> 00:01:55.400 align:middle line:84% Lippity, lippity, we wander with puzzled Peter. 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:58.250 align:middle line:84% But I don't want the story to be over. 00:01:58.250 --> 00:02:02.495 align:middle line:84% They will make us wash the green from our hands and our knees." 00:02:02.495 --> 00:02:07.220 align:middle line:90% 00:02:07.220 --> 00:02:07.880 align:middle line:90% I was worried. 00:02:07.880 --> 00:02:08.922 align:middle line:90% There's a line in there-- 00:02:08.922 --> 00:02:10.460 align:middle line:90% I am a thief. 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:12.920 align:middle line:84% There's a woman who thinks I break into her house 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:14.720 align:middle line:90% to steal her lines. 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:17.030 align:middle line:90% And I hope she never sees this. 00:02:17.030 --> 00:02:18.940 align:middle line:90% It'll be proof. 00:02:18.940 --> 00:02:20.000 align:middle line:90%