Beatrix Potter

“ He eode eft to þæm tolscoppan, ac færlice ƿel neah him hirde he þone sƿeg ƿeodhoces -- ihhhht, ihhhht, ihhhht. Petrus creap under þone rosþyfel. Ac hraðe acƿom he, for þy þe naht gelamp, and stag bearƿan and geondƿlat. Se ærosta þe he seah ƿæs McGregor Ceorl brucan þone ƿeodhoc to delfenne cipan. His bæc ƿæs geƿent ongean Petrus, and begeondan him ƿæs þæt geat!
Petrus stag dun sƿiðe stille fram þære bearƿan, and ongann to rinnenne sƿa sƿifte sƿa he cuðe, andlang rihtan paðe behindan sumum bremlum. McGregor Ceorl seah hine be þæm byge, ac Petrus ne cearode. ”

“ Æfter hƿile begann he to adƿeligenne ymb hine -- lipitig, lipitig, lipitig -- na sƿiþe sƿifte, and he beseah.
He fand duru in ƿealle; ac þæt ƿæs betyned, and þær næs genog gerum him to creopenne under.
Eald mus ƿæs irnende in and ut ofer stanenne þerscold, and bær pisan and beana to hire cynne in þæm ƿuda. ”