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Title: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Author: Beatrix Potter

Release Date: January 27, 2005 [eBook #14814]

Language: English

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THE TALE

JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK

THE TALE OF

JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK

BEATRIX POTTER

AUTHOR OF "THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT", &C

Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., New York

1908

A FARMYARD TALE

FOR

RALPH AND BETSY

What a funny sight it is to see a brood of ducklings with a hen!

—Listen to the story of Jemima Puddle-duck, who was annoyed because the farmer's wife

would not let her hatch her own eggs.

Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rebeccah Puddle-duck, was perfectly willing to leave the hatching to

some one else—"I have not the patience to sit on a nest for twenty-eight days; and no more

have you, Jemima. You would let them go cold; you know you would!"

"I wish to hatch my own eggs; I will hatch them all by myself," quacked Jemima Puddle-

duck.

She tried to hide her eggs; but they were always found and carried off.

Jemima Puddle-duck became quite desperate. She determined to make a nest right away from

the farm.

She set off on a fine spring afternoon along the cart-road that leads over the hill.