The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The tale begins in a farmyard which is home to a duck called Jemima Puddle-Duck. She wants to hatch her own eggs, but the farmer's wife believes ducks make poor sitters and routinely confiscates their eggs to allow the hens to incubate them. Jemima tries to hide her eggs, but they are always found and carried away.
At the top of a hill, she spies a distant wood, flies to
it, and waddles about until she discovers an appropriate nesting place among
the foxgloves. However, a charming gentleman with "black prick ears and
sandy-coloured whiskers" persuades her to nest in a shed at his home.
Jemima is led to his "tumble-down shed" (which is curiously filled
with feathers), and makes herself a nest with little ado.
Join the
unsuspecting Jemima Puddle-Duck as she foolishly allows the cunning Fox help
her find a “safe” nest. Watch and wonder
as the brave collie, Kep, races to the rescue with his friends.
Author:
Beatrix Potter
AN
AUTHORIZED EDITION
This
specially edited edition is created and manufactured by arrangement with
Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
Copyright:
1991 Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
Hardcover
Size:
12-1/4' x 9-1/4"
Color
Illustrated