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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

By Beatrix Potter

2021-02-02 20:10:48

Jemima is a domestic duck of the Aylesbury breed, whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife because she believes Jemima a poor sitter. Jemima searches for a place away from the farm where she can hatch her eggs without human interfere ... Read more
Jemima is a domestic duck of the Aylesbury breed, whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife because she believes Jemima a poor sitter. Jemima searches for a place away from the farm where she can hatch her eggs without human interference, and naively confides her woes to a suave fox who invites her to nest in a shed at his home. Jemima accepts his invitation, little realising her danger: the fox plans to kill and roast her. Kep, a collie on the farm, discovers Jemima's whereabouts and rescues her just in time. Potter indicated the tale was a revision of "Little Red Riding Hood" with Jemima, the fox, and the dog parallels to the fairy tale's heroine, wolf, and woodcutter. Jemima, Kep, the farmer's wife and her two children were all modelled on real world individuals at Potter's Hill Top farm. Less

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File size4456.745 KB
Print pages68
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1340204334
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Beatrix Potter
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Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 Dec 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters su...

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