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Title: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Author: Beatrix Potter

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THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK

by

BEATRIX POTTER

Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &c

Frederick Warne & Co., Inc.
New York

1908

[Illustration]

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A FARMYARD TALE
FOR
RALPH AND BETSY

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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.

[Illustration]

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.

[Illustration]

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.

[Illustration]

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

She was wearing a shawl and a poke bonnet.

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When she reached the top of the hill, she saw a wood in the distance.

She thought that it looked a safe quiet spot.

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Jemima Puddle-duck was not much in the habit of flying. She ran downhill a