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Peter, Timothy and John

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One day his coat and shoes were stolen, and he had to hide in a watering can to get away from Mr. McGregor. Peter was sad, but soon realized that he was much happier and safer at home.

Alas, no hiding for Peter Rabbit in these two watering cans.

A black and white photograph of two watering cans, a large water container and a bed of flowers. The watering cans are next to each other on the top rung of a two rung ‘fence’ which is made of scaffolding rods. The cans are to the left of the picture about a third of the way down from the top. Their long spouts are pointing towards the ground. To the right of the shot, with its top level with the handles of the watering cans, is a very large almost-cubelike plastic water container. In the middle of the container is what seems like a handle which some twine has been tied to. A tap is positioned in the middle of the tank at the (obviously) bottom. The container is resting on two plastic beer crates (well this is Japan so they are actually crates for holding bottles of sake). In the bottom left of the photograph is a wood-lined flower bed with some just about to flower plants in. Nope…no idea what these plants were! The wood lining the flower bed is made of thickish tree branches pushed (probably banged) into the ground. Behind the water container is a ladder which has been placed on its edge. In an area where hosepipes abound, it is unusual to see watering cans in the wild, especially a pair. Not only do the cans water the plants they are also potentially used to bring water up from a nearby stream (it runs behind this garden underground but reappears the other side of the road which borders this garden (to the right of the photograph)). So from Lord Timothy George of Cornwall to John Cleese, the watering can has long been used to move water from point A to point B in the hope of flora flourishing.

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