Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter

Author:Beatrix Potter [Potter, Beatrix]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Short Stories, Animals
ISBN: 9781854713858
Publisher: Frederick Warne
Published: 1908-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK came every afternoon; she laid nine eggs in the nest. They were greeny white and very large. The foxy gentleman admired them immensely. He used to turn them over and count them when Jemima was not there.

At last Jemima told him that she intended to begin to sit next day--“and I will bring a bag of corn with me, so that I need never leave my nest until the eggs are hatched. They might catch cold,” said the conscientious Jemima.

“MADAM, I beg you not to trouble yourself with a bag; I will provide oats. But before you commence your tedious sitting, I intend to give you a treat. Let us have a dinner-party all to ourselves!

“May I ask you to bring up some herbs from the farm- garden to make a savoury omelette? Sage and thyme, and mint and two onions, and some parsley. I will provide lard for the stuff-lard for the omelette,” said the hospitable gentleman with sandy whiskers.

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