‘Now, my dears, you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr McGregor’s garden. Your father had an accident there.’

What was the purpose of this sentence?

Peter's sisters ate the treats they had collected for supper, but what did Peter have?

Peter's father had been turned into a...

(a)  

Peter, after eating a lot, looks for (a)   to cure his stomachache.

Peter's clothes are used by Mr. McGregor in a...

(a)  

What feeling/image do you get with these sentences:

"suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe— scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch."

"After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether"

Can this text be considered a fable? Why/why not?