‘My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.’

So begins Beatrix Potter’s most celebrated letter, in which she tells for the first time the story that was destined to make her name famous all over the world, The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

From: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/120505/letters-to-children-from-beatrix-potter/