В. Potter (1866—1943)

Many years ago, there lived a small girl in a large house in London. Her name was Beatrix. Her parents did not ask other boys and girls to come and play with their daughter.

Beatrix had only animals for her friends. She had dogs, cats, frogs, and a rabbit. Beatrix played with her animals and talked to them. The animals understood the girl and loved her very much. Beatrix wrote stories about her animal friends and told those stories to her little brother, her parents, and their friends. She drew pictures for her stories too.

Time went on. Beatrix was no longer a little girl, but she still wrote stories about animals and drew pictures for those stories. She knew her animals so well that they were like people to her.

In 1900, Beatrix published her first book. The title of the first book was “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” Then she wrote many more little books and made pictures for them. Children read Beatrix Potter’s books and liked them very much.

So, the hobby of a small girl helped her to find an interesting profession.