 Many of the sketches from her Fawe Park holiday were little altered in their migration to the book, and, upon completion of the work, Potter declared she was relieved to be finished with the rabbits.The book was dedicated to "the children of Sawrey from old Mr. Bunny".Beginnings and endings of tales were important to Potter and she specified "Benjamin Bunny" was to end with the words, "rabbit tobacco" – a term from "Uncle Remus" she had made her own.