The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, by BeatrixPotterThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-DuckAuthor: Beatrix PotterRelease Date: January 27, 2005 [eBook #14814]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCKE-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy, and the Project GutenbergOnline Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14814-h.htm or 14814-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/8/1/14814/14814-h/14814-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/8/1/14814/14814-h.zip)THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCKbyBEATRIX POTTERAuthor of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," &cFrederick Warne & Co., Inc.New York1908[Illustration][Illustration] A FARMYARD TALE FOR RALPH AND BETSY[Illustration]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 thefarmer's wife would not let her hatch her own eggs.[Illustration]Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rebeccah Puddle-duck, was perfectly willing ...