text: Warne wanted color illustrations throughout the ` bunny book ' ( as the firm referred to the tale ) and suggested cutting the illustrations `` from forty-two to thirty-two ... and marked which ones might best be eliminated '' .
simplified: Warne wanted color illustrations in The Tale of Peter Rabbit , which he called the ` bunny book ' . He also suggested that they only use 32 illustrations instead of the first 42 illustrations .