Opening of the book
THE TALE OF
MR. JEREMY FISHER
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
F. WARNE & CO.
Inside Cover
THE TALE
OF
MR. JEREMY FISHER
Fishing
THE TALE OF
MR. JEREMY FISHER
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &c.
Turtle
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC. NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1906
BY
FREDERICK WARNE & CO
FOR
STEPHANIE
FROM
COUSIN B.
Jeremy
Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond.
The water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage.
But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody ever scolded him, and he never caught a cold!
Jeremy
Jeremy
He was quite pleased when he looked out and saw large drops of rain, splashing in the pond—
"I will get some worms and go fishing and catch a dish of minnows for my dinner," said Mr. Jeremy Fisher. "If I catch more than five fish, I will invite my friends Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise and Sir Isaac
Newton. The Alderman, however, eats salad."
Digging for worms
Jeremy
Mr. Jeremy put on a macintosh, and a pair of shiny goloshes; he took his rod and basket, and set off with enormous hops to the place where he kept his boat.
The boat was round and green, and very like the other lily-leaves. It was tied to a water-plant in the middle of the pond.
Jeremy
Jeremy
Mr. Jeremy took a reed pole, and pushed the boat out into open water. "I know a good place for minnows," said Mr. Jeremy Fisher.
Mr. Jeremy stuck his pole into the mud and fastened the boat to it.
Then he settled himself cross-legged and arranged his fishing tackle.
He had the dearest little red float. His rod was a tough stalk of grass, his line was a fine long white horse-hair, and he tied a little wriggling worm at the end.
Jeremy
Jeremy
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