The story's title character and protagonist is a frog who wants to invite friends to join him for dinner. He goes fishing, hoping to catch five small fish for the evening meal. Not only does Mr. Jeremy Fisher fail to catch any fish, he barely escapes with his life. Translations of The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher into other languages include two different translations into French (1940 and 1984) and two different translations into Dutch (1946 and 1970). An edition of the book in the Initial Teaching Alphabet was published in 1965.