 Potter was sensitive to the beginnings and endings of her books and usually avoided the conventional at those key places.The publisher did not like the "Benjamin Bunny" ending, but she refused to alter it to their suggested "happily ever after" because such an ending in her estimation was "rather trite" and "inexact".She suggested the last paragraph as it now appears in the book with the comment, "I would like the book to end with the word 'rabbit-tobacco', it is a rather fine word."