A children's picture book by Beatrix Potter. Jemima Puddle-Duck longs to hatch her own eggs, but the farmer's wife keeps taking them away. She sets off to find a quiet nesting place and meets a polite gentleman who offers to help.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
*** THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK Jemima and the Gentleman THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK BY BEATRIX POTTER Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", &c Emblem
Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., New York
1908
A FARMYARD TALE
FOR
RALPH AND BETSY
At Home
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.
Jemima takes a stand
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.
Carried Off
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.
Setting Off
She set off on a fine spring afternoon along the cart-road that leads
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