Just when I thought I’d heard it all:

Beatrix Potter’s classic book The Tale of Peter Rabbit has been translated into ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics by the British Museum.

The translation turns the story of a mischievous rabbit into symbols, shapes and squiggles.

Peter Rabbit becomes a square, a semi-circle, an ellipse and a rabbit image.

The book is due to be published in April.

The foreword explains: “Beatrix Potter’s words sometimes do not readily fall into ancient Egyptian.

Hmm. I wonder why that would be?

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